2007 HOF Ballot

[ultimate7]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AhTr5Tr9.Bz8HalLtHlsV3s5nYcB?slug=ap-halloffameballot&prov=ap&type=lgns

Gwynn and Ripken will make it, McGwire is also possible.  Jim Rice is the holdover with most votes last year without making it.  Many RBIers on the ballot that won't make it.

[Nacho]

The only question is who will get more votes, Gwynn or Ripken.  I'm sure it'll be Ripken, but they are both damn deserving.  I'd probably vote for McGwire too, though I doubt most people share that sentiment.  He stood out even in the steroid era, and we don't have the conclusive evidence to say he isn't HOF worthy rather than a Canseco book (that is most likely true) and his disgraceful testimony.  Enough to believe he did it?  Absolutely.  Same thing as a positive test?  Not quite.

[TβG]

wally joyner is also up.  he's one of the best firstbasemen in rbi. certainly the baldest.

[fathedX]

Players like Ripken and Gwynn should be unanimous.  How can anyone argue they are not worthy?  I'm serious, if anyone has an argument, I want to hear it. 

I wouldn't vote for McGwire, by the way.

[BDawk]

Players like Ripken and Gwynn should be unanimous.  How can anyone argue they are not worthy?  I'm serious, if anyone has an argument, I want to hear it. 

I wouldn't vote for McGwire, by the way.

Juicing aside, why are their numbers more hall worthy than McGwires?

[fathedX]

It's all about the juicing, so it's tough to put that aside. 

[ultimate7]

The Following NES RBIers are on the ballot

Harold Baines, Bert Blyleven, Jose Canseco, Eric Davis, Andre Dawson, Tony Gwynn, Wally Joyner, Don Mattingly, Mark McGwire, Jack Morris, Dale Murphy, Jim Rice, Cal Ripken Jr., Bret Saberhagen, Alan Trammell

Along with these Arcade only RBIers

Dave Concepcion, Steve Garvey,  Rich "Goose" Gossage, Lee Smith

[RedBarron]

I'd like for the retards who fail to vote for Gwynn or Ripken to be accountable.  Trust me, it'll happen.

There seems to be about 10 guys that I'd vote for.

Gwynn, Ripken, Blyleven, Lee Smith, Goose Gossage, Andre Dawson, Alan Trammell, Don Mattingly, Jim Rice, and Dale Murphy.

Sorry, no big mac for me.

[fathedX]

Baseball-reference has the vote percentages for all inductees and no one has received 100%.  George Brett got 98%, Mike Schmidt got 97%, Steve Carlton got 96%, Reggie Jackson got 94%.  Those type of players are so automatic in my mind that anyone who didn't vote for them should be held accountable.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof.shtml

[lancemeister2006]

I'd vote for Trammell, Murphy, Gwynn, and Ripken, that's it.  But everyone knows that Tram and Murph won't be getting in, while Ripken and Gwynn will be near unanimous, but of course not unanimous, since they writers always make sure to not make anyone unanimous.  And I still debate whether I'd vote for McGwire.  I have a lot of mixed emotions with him and the whole roids issue. 

[Mike D.]

Gwynn, Ripken, McGwire, Rice

[Reds]

eirc davis.


That is all.

[fknmclane]

Gwynn, Ripken, McGwire, Rice, Goose Gossage, Donnie Baseball

[Nacho]

Baseball-reference has the vote percentages for all inductees and no one has received 100%.  George Brett got 98%, Mike Schmidt got 97%, Steve Carlton got 96%, Reggie Jackson got 94%.  Those type of players are so automatic in my mind that anyone who didn't vote for them should be held accountable.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof.shtml

I think I heard somewhere that there is always the odd voter or two who won't vote for the shoe-ins because Babe Ruth (et. al.) didn't get in unanimously, so they don't want anyone to get in unanimously.

[BDawk]

that's dumb

[WeatherMatt]

One of the arguments about McGwire is that most voters won't put him in the first year, but will vote for him the second, as a sort of punishment for his steroid mess.

Not sure I agree with that, but it seems likely to happen.

[Metal King]

I'm thinking it'll be just Ripken and Gwynn, that's all.  But I don't mind if others make it, obviously.   Cal, Tony, and Lee Smith would be a nice trio for the HOF this coming year.

Some guys are nearing the end as for being on the ballots, I think this will be Jim Rice's 11th or 12th time on it, RIDICULOUS.  Steve Garvey is pretty much done too, and a few others.

McGwire will get alot of votes I'm sure, definitely over 50% we'll just have to wait & see.

[RedBarron]

How the fuck is Garvey still on the god damned ballot and Will Clark isn't?

[Attezz]

I would like to see people who would vote for Don Mattingly never being allowed to criticize anyone else's voting.

Career .276 hitters should in no way equal unanimous votes, even with the bonus of having hit into the most double plays in the history of baseball.

Antonio Alfonseca can count on one hand the amount of times that Cal Ripken hit 282 or better, and if you're into the numbers thing, he has a career OPS of less than what Jamey Carroll posted last year.

[Metal King]

Clark was the better player for sure, but Garvey played longer, I really don't know.