tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339646220153814400.post4049867349243599622..comments2023-12-31T01:02:49.340-05:00Comments on FOR BASEBALL JUNKIES: Why the 2015 Hall of Fame Ballot is Very Interesting@OCP22http://www.blogger.com/profile/06983828112048757251noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339646220153814400.post-13429410647526004032014-01-12T10:43:43.785-05:002014-01-12T10:43:43.785-05:00Palmeiro is now off the ballot and Sosa is getting...Palmeiro is now off the ballot and Sosa is getting closer to being off. McGwire next?hershhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095348599514214434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339646220153814400.post-14820371822243589212014-01-08T15:52:32.246-05:002014-01-08T15:52:32.246-05:00Things don't get any easier next year... you c...Things don't get any easier next year... you can add Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz, Carlos Delgado and Gary Sheffield to the list of holdovers. Biggio, Piazza and Bagwell all earned better than 50% support. Clemens, Bonds, Sosa, Kent, Schilling... there are just wayy too many worthy names on this list. The 10 name limit is going to really come into play.@OCP22https://www.blogger.com/profile/06983828112048757251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339646220153814400.post-61164865270748421512014-01-08T11:48:12.525-05:002014-01-08T11:48:12.525-05:00Dodgers beat reporter, Ken Gurnick, said he won...Dodgers beat reporter, Ken Gurnick, said he won't vote for anyone that played during the steroid era... so Maddux won't be unanimous but he could push Seaver's mark. I see Gurnick's logic but I don't necessarily agree with it. I'd probably vote for everyone rather than no one but the alternative to either of these voting methods is to arbitrarily pick guys that you think didn't use without the absence of proof. To me, that is sort of flawed. You don't know if Mike Piazza used... you don't know if Jeff Bagwell used... we are pretty sure that a few guys did but without the evidence of a positive test, what do you have to go by? Rumors and second-hand accusations/accounts... we've talked about this at length. <br /><br />Just read something that Maddux had 99.4% of the 155 submitted ballots as of yesterday... that's one "nay" and 154 "yea." @OCP22https://www.blogger.com/profile/06983828112048757251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339646220153814400.post-53435740488428001042014-01-08T11:25:13.312-05:002014-01-08T11:25:13.312-05:00I've heard there's some writers who sent i...I've heard there's some writers who sent in empty ballots, which could mean Seaver's record could still stand. I don't understand how they could not vote for someone on this ballot. I'm hoping at least 3 get in.hershhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095348599514214434noreply@blogger.com