SportsHoopla 2017 Hall of Fame Ballot

[StanMarsh51]

Link below to vote

https://goo.gl/ni0Jbv

 

[Omar 382]

Great thread. Can we see who everyone voted for? If not, I'll post my ballot. HOF voting is so much fun!

 

[Omar 382]

lol it even has our locations. Who's the asshole living in San Jose?

 

[Omar 382]

Jeff Bagwell
Tim Raines
Trevor Hoffman
Curt Schilling
Roger Clemens
Barry Bonds
Edgar Martinez
Mike Mussina
Jeff Kent
Billy Wagner

 

[Omar 382]

It was close between Clemens and Aaron Rowand, but I slightly leaned towards Clemens

 

[Omar 382]

Same thing with Burrell and Bonds

 

[Omar 382]

Link below to vote

https://goo.gl/ni0Jbv

Pudge over Kent and Hoffman?

 

[StanMarsh51]

Great thread. Can we see who everyone voted for? If not, I'll post my ballot. HOF voting is so much fun!

Doesn't look like it gives that feature. Also doesn't look like it shows how many total 'ballots' were submitted and rather just total number of votes, so it is flawed (but I went for quick and easy to make).

 

[Omar 382]

Also, this is BS. Where's the write-ins? I wanted to vote for Marge Schott

 

[Omar 382]

Ok, everyone post your ballots then

 

[StanMarsh51]

Pudge over Kent and Hoffman?

Easily, imo. I kept it to 10 choices, but if I had an 11th choice I'd probably choose Kent/Hoffman.

 

[Omar 382]

Easily, imo. I kept it to 10 choices, but if I had an 11th choice I'd probably choose Kent/Hoffman.

Yeah, it should be kept to 10 like the real ballots. I find Pudge overrated, and think Kent is the better player. Maybe I'm underrating him defensively at the catcher position, but Kent is objectively the better hitter

 

[StanMarsh51]

Yeah, it should be kept to 10 like the real ballots. I find Pudge overrated, and think Kent is the better player. Maybe I'm underrating him defensively at the catcher position, but Kent is objectively the better hitter

The way I see Pudge, although I agree that he was overrated, he was a great defensive catcher (particularly in the first half of his career) who was above average offensively (and good by catcher standards). He held on about 4-5 years too long and that kinda hurts his rate stats, but he had a 13 year stretch where he averaged .311/20/76 with a 117 OPS+.

 

[poprocksncoke]

I used all my votes on Julio Lugo.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

√.... Tim Raines
√.... Gary Sheffield
√.... Ivan Rodriquez
√.... Lee Smith
√.... Trevor Hoffman
√.... Jeff Bagwell

 

[moxie]

lol it even has our locations. Who's the asshole living in San Jose?

Who the fuck you calling an asshole, asshole?

 

[moxie]

Doesn't look like it gives that feature. Also doesn't look like it shows how many total 'ballots' were submitted and rather just total number of votes, so it is flawed (but I went for quick and easy to make).

And I voted before you fixed it to have multiple choices, so naturally, I picked Bonds as my only choice

 

[tducey]

Bagwell, Raines, Hoffman, Clemens, Bonds, Martinez, Mussina, Smith, Walker, Sosa

 

[StanMarsh51]

I still don't get the love for Lee Smith. He benefited from having the start of his prime coincide with the timeframe where the closer position became reduced to a 1-inning role (giving him the opportunity to rack up saves). It's no accident that virtually all of his rate stats are considered nothing special by closer standards.

 

[navamind]

Bonds
Clemens
Manny
Walker
Pudge
Bagwell
Edgar
Schilldouche
Mussina
Raines

I think Vlad's a bit overrated and I think he's pretty borderline. Great hitter, but he was averageish defensively, wasn't a good baserunner (pretty poor base stealer) and hit into a lot of double plays. I'd probably vote for him if I had an 11th vote, but I think those ten are more deserving. Not really a fan of relievers in the HOF and Hoffman isn't remotely close to Rivera. Rivera's career ERA+ is 64 points better and he has over 200 more regular season innings than Hoffman. And that's before you account for Rivera's 0.70 ERA in the postseason (over 141 innings) and the league differences. Hoffman may not have faced many pitchers batting, but he still never really faced any designated hitters. There's still a difference between facing a DH and a PH.