Thursday, December 2, 2010

You Make the HoF Call

What do the following players have in common?

  1. Wilson Alvarez
  2. Roberto Alomar
  3. Carlos Baerga
  4. Jeff Bagwell
  5. Harold Baines
  6. Bert Blyleven
  7. Brett Boone
  8. Kevin Brown
  9. Cal Eldred
  10. John Franco
  11. Juan Gonzalez
  12. Marquis Grissom
  13. Lenny Harris
  14. Bobby Higginson
  15. Charles Johnson
  16. Barry Larkin
  17. Al Leiter
  18. José Lima* Eligible on “passed away” provision
  19. Edgar Martinez
  20. Tino Martinez
  21. Don Mattingly
  22. Fred McGriff
  23. Mark McGwire
  24. Raul Mondesi
  25. Jack Morris
  26. Dale Murphy
  27. José Offerman
  28. John Olerud
  29. Rafael Palmeiro
  30. Dave Parker
  31. Paul Quantrill
  32. Tim Raines
  33. Steve Reed
  34. Kirk Rueter
  35. Rey Sánchez
  36. Benito Santiago
  37. Lee Smith
  38. B.J. Surhoff
  39. Alan Trammell
  40. Ugueth Urbina
  41. Ismael Valdez
  42. Larry Walker
  43. Dan Wilson

That’s right, they will be on the official baseball Hall of Fame Ballot this season.

So let’s make you guys (and me) the electors. Here are the rules, straight from the BBWAA:

A. Electors may vote for as few as zero (0) and as many as ten (10) eligible candidates deemed worthy of election. Write-in votes are not permitted.

B. Any candidate receiving votes on seventy-five percent (75%) of the ballots cast shall be elected to membership in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

So who are you nominating? Here’s my ballot:

1. Roberto Alomar

2. Bert Blyleven

3. Tim Raines

4. Jeff Bagwell

5. Larry Walker

6. Jack Morris

7. Barry Larkin

8. Fred McGriff

No, I did not vote for Edgar Martinez. No I did not vote for Raffy Palmiero or Mark McGwire. And no, I did not vote for other steroid junkies like Bret Boone or Juan Gonzalez. (Discuss…)


If I get enough ballots (more than 2?) I will tally up our HoF selections. So, COME ON COMMITTEE!!


Lots of former Marlins on this list….there are 8 -- can you name them?

I’ll save you the trouble:

  • Kevin Brown (Ace pitcher on FLA's first WS winner),
  • Lenny Harris (ended his long career with three yrs in FLA),
  • Charles Johnson (1st ever draft pick, on the 97 squad),
  • Al Leiter (pitched a no-no for us and won the WS),
  • Paul Quantrill (also ended his career with the fish)
  • Benito Santiago (opening day catcher),
  • Ugueth Urbina (saved FLA’s second WS over the Yanks),
  • Ismael Valdez (ended his career in FLA)
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4 comments:

  1. Greg McConnellDecember 4, 2010 at 12:54 AM

    I've actually never examined the entire ballot and thought through my picks before. I'll give it some thought and get back to you. Should be fun. Right off the bat I can tell you Roberto Alomar is on my ballot -- can't see why he didn't go in last year unless A) Writers just hate him or B) Writers think he did PEDs.

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  2. Greg McConnellDecember 12, 2010 at 9:42 PM

    OK, here's my list in no particular order (the numbers are just so I make sure I don't go above ten!)

    1. Roberto Alomar

    2. Mark McGwire

    3. Bert Blyleven

    4. Jeff Bagwell

    5. Larry Walker

    6. Barry Larkin

    7. Rafael Palmeiro

    8. Fred McGriff

    9. Kevin Brown

    10. Tim Raines

    I don't hold PED use against a player when considering the Hall of Fame, mainly because I think lots of guys are already in the Hall who used. It's hard to know who truly was clean. So yeah, I'd also be in favor of putting guys like Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Manny Ramirez, Roger Clemens, and Alex Rodriguez in the Hall as well.

    BTW, I went with Kevin Brown over Jack Morris because it looks like he had better career numbers.

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  3. ChairmanDecember 23, 2010 at 4:53 AM

    Players who I have vague-ish memories of that I'd vote for:
    Tim Raines
    Alan Trammell
    Dave Parker
    Bert Blyleven

    Players who I have more vivid memories of that I'd vote for:
    Barry Larkin
    Roberto Alomar
    Jeff Bagwell
    Rafael Palmerio
    Mark McGwire
    Fred McGriff

    Players who I'd eventually vote for:
    Jack Morris
    Larry Walker
    Juan Gonzalez
    Edgar Martinez
    Kevin Brown
    Dale Murphy
    Don Mattingly

    Players who were very good, but just miss the cut:
    Harold Baines
    Lee Smith
    John Franco
    Lou Whitaker

    Overall, I'm a little liberal on who to let in, but I'd be in favor of having different tiers within the HOF, particularly for different eras.

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  4. UnknownJanuary 8, 2011 at 9:14 PM

    So Bert and Robbie made it in this year. Can't argue with that.

    One weird thing I noticed is that Kevin Brown got less than 5% of the vote and thus will be taken off next year's ballot. When I compare his stats to Jack Morris, I'd easily give Brown the edge. Yet Morris continues to creep closer to Cooperstown while Brown is one and done. If you look at this Baseball Reference page, it does a nice job of breaking down the HOF ballot. It also shows each players WAR. Note the difference between Brown and Morris: http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_2011.shtml

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