JANUARY 4th UPDATE: Beyond the votes to everyone’s articles and blog posts (and whatever that is Murray Chass has since it’s not a blog), I have put together a spreadsheet of all this information which you can find here. The Chicago guys are the biggest contingent so far and they all really love Andre Dawson [...]
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Hall of Fame Argument Frustration: Chapter 1
Well now that the official ballot is out, people are starting to talk about who they’re voting for and launch the usual pro and con campaigns. Today’s feature is Scott Miller’s pro-Jim Rice argument. I’ve always voted for Rice because, for me, he passes perhaps the most important criteria for Cooperstown: Did he dominate his [...]
2009 Hall of Fame Ballot
Here’s the official ballot (links open up their baseball-reference page): • Harold Baines • Jay Bell • Bert Blyleven • David Cone • Andre Dawson • Ron Gant • Mark Grace • Rickey Henderson • Tommy John • Don Mattingly • Mark McGwire • Jack Morris • Dale Murphy • Jesse Orosco • Dave Parker [...]
2008 Veterans Committee Ballot
It’s just about a week until the Veterans Committee selections are announced for 2009 induction. Here’s the ballot going in (which was put together back in September or maybe even a little earlier). Bolded are people who should probably have been put in the Hall a long while ago in my extremely humble opinion. Post [...]
Pro Mike Mussina Hall of Fame Argument Round-Up
It’s officially five years away but there’s already some talk about whether Moose is a Hall of Fame caliber pitcher or not. I happen to believe that he is. One thing that I hate is when people try pluck a random once in a lifetime talent out of the air and say “Well, he’s not [...]
More HOF Voting Babble
Vegas Watch has a really good post up outlining the worst HOF arguments of 2008. It should be of no surprise that this includes a lot of laughing at anti-Blyleven/pro-Morris arguments from sportswriters. And here’s Joe Posanski’s take as well.
2008 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot
Here’s the ballot for this year. Names in bold are who my votes would go to. New on 2008 Ballot Brady Anderson Rod Beck Shawon Dunston Chuck Finley Travis Fryman David Justice Chuck Knoblauch Robb Nen Tim Raines Jose Rijo Todd Stottlemyre Holdovers from Previous Ballot Harold Baines Bert Blyleven Dave Concepcion Andre Dawson Goose [...]
