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Maddux, Glavine, Thomas elected to Baseball Hall of Fame; Biggio just misses

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Steak Snabler, Nov 26, 2013.

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Who will be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame this year?

Poll closed May 25, 2014.

  1. Jeff Bagwell

    21 vote(s)
    29.2%

  2. Craig Biggio

    33 vote(s)
    45.8%

  3. Barry Bonds

    29 vote(s)
    40.3%

  4. Roger Clemens

    27 vote(s)
    37.5%

  5. Tom Glavine

    51 vote(s)
    70.8%

  6. Jeff Kent

    8 vote(s)
    11.1%

  7. Greg Maddux

    68 vote(s)
    94.4%

  8. Edgar Martinez

    9 vote(s)
    12.5%

  9. Don Mattingly

    8 vote(s)
    11.1%

  10. Fred McGriff

    5 vote(s)
    6.9%

  11. Mark McGwire

    7 vote(s)
    9.7%

  12. Jack Morris

    17 vote(s)
    23.6%

  13. Mike Mussina

    11 vote(s)
    15.3%

  14. Rafael Palmeiro

    5 vote(s)
    6.9%

  15. Mike Piazza

    20 vote(s)
    27.8%

  16. Tim Raines

    26 vote(s)
    36.1%

  17. Curt Schilling

    15 vote(s)
    20.8%

  18. Lee Smith

    9 vote(s)
    12.5%

  19. Sammy Sosa

    5 vote(s)
    6.9%

  20. Frank Thomas

    48 vote(s)
    66.7%

  21. Alan Trammell

    10 vote(s)
    13.9%

  22. Larry Walker

    4 vote(s)
    5.6%
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  1. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Re: 2014 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released

    Quoted just to save an example of a voter so desperate to punish players for the PED era that he doesn't even care if he lumps the innocent in with the guilty.

    There is no evidence at all that Biggio used steroids. None. That is the problem with voters not caring whether or not they can prove PED use before they punish a Hall of Fame candidate for it.
     
    outofplace, Dec 26, 2013
    #409
  2. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    Re: 2014 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released

    Jack McCaffery gives us our first known Pete Rose write-in.

    http://www.trentonian.com/sports/20131226/jack-mccaffery-narrowing-down-mlbs-hall-of-fame-decision
     
    Della9250, Dec 26, 2013
    #410
  3. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    Re: 2014 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released

    Ken Rosenthal's ballot: Maddux, Glavine, Bagwell, Biggio, Mussina, E. Martinez, F. Thomas, Piazza, Raines, Schilling.
     
    Della9250, Dec 26, 2013
    #411
  4. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Re: 2014 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released

    It's Murray Chass.
     
    Dick Whitman, Dec 26, 2013
    #412
  5. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    Re: 2014 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released

    I'll bet there's at least one who follows the ballot trackers, sees what the percentages looks like before the deadline next week and announces the strategic voting angle.
     
    Della9250, Dec 26, 2013
    #413
  6. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Re: 2014 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released

    He has a vote and history has shown he is far from the only "kook," to borrow the word from the column in the link above, to have one.
     
    outofplace, Dec 26, 2013
    #414
  7. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Re: 2014 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released

    Second. Marc Maturo had already done it (His column is linked earlier on the thread.)

    And it makes a joke of an otherwise reasonable ballot, leaving off legitimate candidates like Bagwell and Raines to make a statement.
     
    outofplace, Dec 26, 2013
    #415
  8. lantaur

    lantaur Well-Known Member

    Re: 2014 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released

    I still don't understand why Tim Raines doesn't get more voter love. Overshadowed by Ricky Henderson? Played too long so that's the last memory? In his prime, he was awesome.

    And I can't wait to see who gives a vote to Ray Durham, Kenny Rogers, etc., etc. There's always a vote or two for guys who have absolutely no reason to be in the Hall.
     
    lantaur, Dec 26, 2013
    #416
  9. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    Re: 2014 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released

    Maturo's shouldn't really count because he voted for 10 guys and then put Rose on there. McCaffery made Rose his tenth guy. But point taken.
     
    Della9250, Dec 26, 2013
    #417
  10. Versatile

    Versatile Active Member

    Re: 2014 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released

    Why is Pete Rose more worthy than Joe Jackson? Or, at least, if you voted for Rose, why wouldn't you vote for Jackson?
     
    Versatile, Dec 26, 2013
    #418
  11. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Re: 2014 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released

    Your point is taken as well.

    I prefer what Maturo did, not wasting a spot on Rose. I'm sick of the crap like what McCaffrey did. He even acknowledged that he left deserving players off his ballot so he could make a statement about Rose.
     
    outofplace, Dec 26, 2013
    #419
  12. MankyJimy

    MankyJimy Active Member

    Re: 2014 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released

    I have a hard time seeing Mussina as a Hall of Famer. He joined a team that had won 3 of the last 4 World Series, then they never won again during his 8 years as a Yankee. Then they win a World Series immediately after he retires.
     
    MankyJimy, Dec 26, 2013
    #420
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