So... you've received your invitation to participate in the voting process for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
You have 10 players you can vote for and here are the names on the ballot:
Moises Alou *
Jeff Bagwell
Armando Benitez *
Craig Biggio
Barry Bonds
Sean Casey *
Roger Clemens
Ray Durham *
Eric Gagne *
Tom Glavine *
Luis Gonzalez *
Jacque Jones *
Todd Jones *
Jeff Kent *
Paul Lo Duca *
Greg Maddux *
Edgar Martinez
Don Mattingly
Fred McGriff
Mark McGwire
Jack Morris
Mike Mussina *
Hideo Nomo *
Rafael Palmeiro
Mike Piazza
Tim Raines
Kenny Rogers *
Curt Schilling
Richie Sexson *
Lee Smith
J.T. Snow *
Sammy Sosa
Frank Thomas *
Mike Timlin *
Alan Trammell
Larry Walker
Players with an asterisk are on the ballot for the first time.
You get 10 picks.
No Piazza?
ReplyDeleteNo Piazza but you have Mcgriff, head scratcher.Also if Schilling get in then theres no guestion that Petite should get in.
ReplyDeleteAlso yheres no way Edgar Martinez should make the hall of fame because he was a full time DH.
ReplyDeletethe names I listed here did not include Mike Piazza
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty confident in what Mets fans feel about him... I was just curious about other players that I listed.
Jeff Bagwell
ReplyDeleteCraig Biggio
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Tom Glavine
Greg Maddux
Mike Piazza
Tim Raines
Frank Thomas
Alan Trammell
I'm going to go re-word the question... (bad start)
ReplyDeleteMaddox
ReplyDeleteBagwell
Biggio
Raines
Thomas
McGriff
Kent
Morris
Mussina
Smith
Can't get by my dislike for Glavin. One of my most hated mets along with
Hebner
Bonilla
Coleman
G. Mota
Benitez
Alomar
since68:
ReplyDeletewhat are your thoughts on the PED guys?
Bagwell
ReplyDeleteBiggio
Glavine
Maddux
Martinez
Mattingly
Morris
Piazza
Smith
Morning Mack;
ReplyDeleteSandy and his band of lil GMs,have 13 million to spend,and players he can trade. What would you like them to do?
Here are mine
FA Colon or Saunders and Stephen Drew.
Trades Pederson and Gordon from the Dodgers.
Anon -
ReplyDelete13mil will not get you Drew
Now, packaging Murphy, and Ike will get you around $8mil more and you can now go out and trade for someone or some group of players that you can pay up to $21mil
Greg Maddux
ReplyDeleteFrank Thomas
Mike Piazza
Jeff Bagwell
Larry Walker
Edgar Martinez
Mike Mussina
Freg McGriff
Tim Raines
Lee Smith
Not voting for Biggio. I feel like he is an accumulator. IMO, Jeff Kent made himself into a better ballplayer, but I'm not voting him in yet either. Glavine too, I don't think he's quite good enough.
It's a shame Bonds, Clemens, McGwire and Schilling were dopers. They were all HOF ballplayers without the PEDs.
Craig Biggio
ReplyDeleteBarry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Jeff Kent *
Greg Maddux *
Edgar Martinez
Mike Piazza
Tim Raines
Curt Schilling
Frank Thomas *
I don't think we can stick our heads in the sand about the PED users. I don't think we can pretend to know what percentage (25%,50%,75%?) of players were using. We do know that nobody did anything to discourage them until much later. It's inevitable we are going to, or have already, elected unknown PED users to the Hall anyhow.
I go back and forth on PED dudes... most or all of them would have made the HOF anyway.
ReplyDeleteMy vote remains with only clean players and I'd let others votes these guys in.
Its really going to be one of the most interesting votes in a long time... You've got the PED guys, a 3000 hit guy, and two 300 game winners.
ReplyDeleteI still see only 2 or 3 getting in..
My criteria for a HOF is based on landmark statistics like 300 hits, 600 home runs, and 300 wins. If you hit those numbers youre in...Unless you're attached to the Mitchell report or any other government investigation.
The other criteria is this: Was he one of the greatest players of his generation at his position? For instance: Kirby Puckett may not have had HOF stats, but I saw him play...and that guy was a HOF.
So heres my ballot:
Tom Glavine:
300 game winner, makes him a no doubter in my book
Greg Maddux:
I would have voted for him even if he retired early and finished with 250 wins. He was dominant in a juiced ball era.
Mike Piazza:
Greatest catcher of his generation, and best hitting catcher of all time. Some whispers of PED use but nothing you should be keeping him out for.
Jack Morris:
Jack Morris was already pretty old by the time I saw him pitch, and I still would call him a HOF just on sight alone. Maybe the best pitcher of the 1980's
Craig Biggio:
I'm not the biggest Craig Biggio fan, in fact I think Jeff Kent was the better player. But take a minute and look at the list of ballplayers who have ever gotten 3000 hits...You just can't leave him out.
Craig -
ReplyDeleteI'm happy you included Morris.
This is the last year his name will be on the ballot
Mack,
ReplyDeleteI don't understand it. In the eighties and early ninetys if youre team was in a game seven...Jack Morris was THE guy you would want to hand the ball to.
BONDS
ReplyDeleteCLEMENS
ROSE
SHOELESS JOE
GLAVINE
MADDUX
PIAZZA
TIM RAINES
Schilling can suck it. As can Big Mac, who cried like a girl before congress. Sosa? Wrigley product more than the roids.
And sorry, I trend scouts versus stats, but Jack Morris ain't all that. And neither is Donnie baseball.