http://teamnerdrage.com/2010/01/08/the-worst-2010-hall-of-fame-ballots-i-found/ Rants, raves, and opinions on the New York Yankees and other baseball matters. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:51:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://teamnerdrage.com/2010/01/08/the-worst-2010-hall-of-fame-ballots-i-found/#comment-158 Some Hall of Fame catch-up material and links. « Dinger's Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:30:15 +0000 http://teamnerdrage.com/?p=2378#comment-158 [...] all of the ballots were made public, but about 70 were this year and The Girl Who Loved Andy Pettitte collected the data and came out with a list of the worst ballots submitted, the worst hypocrisies [...] [...] all of the ballots were made public, but about 70 were this year and The Girl Who Loved Andy Pettitte collected the data and came out with a list of the worst ballots submitted, the worst hypocrisies [...]

]]> http://teamnerdrage.com/2010/01/08/the-worst-2010-hall-of-fame-ballots-i-found/#comment-157 Section518 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:30:40 +0000 http://teamnerdrage.com/?p=2378#comment-157 First off, excellent post. I'm glad you took the time to track who how these writers voted...it's a great reference for future votes. That being said, I think you nailed the Mariotti situation. The first ballot is sacred? That comment is asinine on so many levels. There's nothing Alomar can do in the next year to change his career totals. Why make him wait, especially since he's one of the 10 best second basemen of all time? I wholeheartedly agree that he should lose his vote. First off, excellent post. I’m glad you took the time to track who how these writers voted…it’s a great reference for future votes.
That being said, I think you nailed the Mariotti situation. The first ballot is sacred? That comment is asinine on so many levels. There’s nothing Alomar can do in the next year to change his career totals. Why make him wait, especially since he’s one of the 10 best second basemen of all time? I wholeheartedly agree that he should lose his vote.

]]> http://teamnerdrage.com/2010/01/08/the-worst-2010-hall-of-fame-ballots-i-found/#comment-156 becca Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:48:28 +0000 http://teamnerdrage.com/?p=2378#comment-156 How can you say that Moose is more deserving than Andy! He was 7-8 in the postseason and Andy was 18-9! (Nevermind that Pettitte's postseason ERA is 3.90 and Moose's was 3.42, Moose had more strikeouts than innings there and Andy didn't, and despite pitching two games to the tune of an 0.60 ERA, Moose couldn't get a win in the 1997 ALCS. I love Andy a ton and I don't nearly have that unbridled love for Moose, but really.) How can you say that Moose is more deserving than Andy! He was 7-8 in the postseason and Andy was 18-9! (Nevermind that Pettitte’s postseason ERA is 3.90 and Moose’s was 3.42, Moose had more strikeouts than innings there and Andy didn’t, and despite pitching two games to the tune of an 0.60 ERA, Moose couldn’t get a win in the 1997 ALCS. I love Andy a ton and I don’t nearly have that unbridled love for Moose, but really.)

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