November 24, 2014

2015 Hall of Fame ballot released:
Highlighted by the addition of Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, and John Smoltz, this is going to be "round 2" of the Annual Ballot Crunch Time.

posted by grum@work to baseball at 08:23 PM - 4 comments

My ballot:

P.Martinez - obvious
R.Johnson - obvious
R.Clemens - obvious, but tragically a wasted vote I'm thinking
B.Bonds - obvious, but tragically a wasted vote I'm thinking
T.Raines - I'm pushing for him to keep climbing before he gets forgotten
C.Biggio - get him in now, to clear room.
M.McGwire - I'm beating my head against the wall, but it's the principle of the thing
M.Piazza - he should be in there before the 10 years are up
J.Smoltz - I'd like to see him join Maddux and Glavine
J.Bagwell - he should be in there before the 10 years are up...I think.

If I had room:
M.Mussina - ballot size issues
C.Schilling - ballot size issues
A.Trammell - he's a hopeless cause like McGwire/Clemens/Bonds, but not as good
E.Martinez - overlooked star
S.Sosa - unfairly tainted, but I still like others more than him

On the cusp:
G.Sheffield - probably going to be 5%'ed off the ballot, which is a shame (just like Kevin Brown)
L.Walker - Oh Canada!

posted by grum@work at 08:28 PM on November 24, 2014

Skip the ballots and just send Pedro and The Unit induction invitations.

Of course if there is a ballot some moronic Yankee sportswriter will cross out Pedro in favor of Rich Monteleone.

posted by cixelsyd at 11:53 PM on November 24, 2014

If Clemens, Bonds, McGwire and Sosa want to get into the HOF so bad, I'm sure they need janitors. The true home run champion is still Roger Maris.

posted by Bradyman at 12:29 AM on November 25, 2014

The true home run champion is still Roger Maris.

You can believe that all you want, but you'd still be wrong.

posted by grum@work at 08:38 AM on November 25, 2014

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