2019 Hall of Fame Ballot

[Pure Steel]

Kong!


Remember when the Yanks had him for about a week? I think he hit about 5 HRs before they flipped him again.

Didn't he hit a mammoth homer up at Fenway? A bomb if I remember well....

 

[Pure Steel]

and Frank White

best defensive 2b of his era

I'll tell Willie Randolph to wait by the phone.....His call is coming also.....

 

[Pure Steel]

Led the league in SLG as many times as Harold Baines did, plus led the league in HR twice.

Shoo-in.

Extra credit: TLR was his manager at the end of his last season in baseball.

They should just leave a bottle of scotch and crayons with TLR so he can make his selections.....When he's not passed out at a traffic light of course.....

 

[Montalban]

He pitched most of his career in a lineup loaded al east during the steroid era.

Agreed. he was probably taking them himself.

 

[scoutyjones2]

and Frank White

best defensive 2b of his era

LOL...Frank white couldn't hit worth a shit...lifetime 85 OPS+

 

[nynasty]

LOL...Frank white couldn't hit worth a shit...lifetime 85 OPS+

His #1 comp is Bill Mazeroski, he of the lifetime 84 OPS+, and a HOFer.

 

[navamind]

LOL...Frank white couldn't hit worth a shit...lifetime 85 OPS+

An 85 OPS+ isn't bad for a 2nd baseman, but I don't think he's close to HOF worthy.

 

[Pure Steel]

His #1 comp is Bill Mazeroski, he of the lifetime 84 OPS+, and a HOFer.

Randolph had a 104 OPS+...also not getting in, but his numbers were very solid and had a great eye.....

 

[tducey]

Latest tracker results:

2019 BBHOF Tracker.xlsm - Microsoft Excel Online

Walker's getting a bit of traction. Would be nice to see him make the Hall.

 

[seattlefan75]

If they don't want to let Edgar in the hall that's one thing but if they keep him out and a steroid user in that is nothing short of injustice and a crime

 

[black francis]

LOL...Frank white couldn't hit worth a shit...lifetime 85 OPS+

i didnt know it was the hall of hitting

ozzie smith was 87

 

[black francis]

An 85 OPS+ isn't bad for a 2nd baseman, but I don't think he's close to HOF worthy.

Neither are a lot of players


I'm not sure how he is that different from Ozzie Smith, other than one did a somersault every game and the other didn't

 

[msgkings322]

How is Harold Baines a HOF'ER? He never gor more than 6.1 percent votes from the writers. Reinsdorf, Larussa, and others who coached probably took all the voters out for steaks and drinks. Baines in and no Edgar Martinez? The HOF is getting watered down.

Edgar looks like he's getting in this year

 

[wazzu31]

If they don't want to let Edgar in the hall that's one thing but if they keep him out and a steroid user in that is nothing short of injustice and a crime

To be fair, there is no telling whether the medicine Edgar used with his eye condition enhanced his performance. I do think it is idiotic he hasn’t been inducted yet because when healthy he was one of the most feared hitters in the AL.

 

[navamind]

Bill Ballou: Mariano Rivera not getting this writer's Hall of Fame vote

He doesn't want to be the reason Mo doesn't unanimously makes it, so he doesn't vote. Stupid.

 

[StanMarsh51]

Projecting the 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame vote

Looking at the odds of election, Rivera and Halladay are both at 100%, Edgar's at 63%, Mussina's at 28%.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Bill Ballou: Mariano Rivera not getting this writer's Hall of Fame vote

He doesn't want to be the reason Mo doesn't unanimously makes it, so he doesn't vote. Stupid.

he states that any MLB pitcher could save games and he sees no difference between Rivera and any other closer. He then used Kimbrel's playoffs this year to try and show that Rivera was not that special. I understand the argument that saves are a meaningless stat, but to say that that is all Rivera was is stupid.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

 

[msgkings322]

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After he's dead, definitely. Lifetime ban, he agreed to it for a very good reason.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

he states that any MLB pitcher could save games and he sees no difference between Rivera and any other closer. He then used Kimbrel's playoffs this year to try and show that Rivera was not that special. I understand the argument that saves are a meaningless stat, but to say that that is all Rivera was is stupid.

don't use kimbrel as an example though... he might be the second best closer of all time when he is done with his career(if not already)... Kind of silly to attempt to show something using one of the greatest of all time... it does not bring justice to the position and how there have been such minimal consistent success...



I mean, Lou Gehrig should not have been a HOFer, because first base is where you throw the fielding liabilities, and look how Albert Pujols has done in his career...