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Bobby Abreu
Ortiz will likely come up short this year, but should get in eventually. Schilling likely won't get in via the writers. He has a chance with the veteran's committee. Bonds and Clemens probably won't make it.I think Schilling will make it this year. Maybe Clemens/Bonds. I also think Rolen is going to come pretty close and make it either in 2023 or 2024.
edit: oh yeah, I could see Ortiz getting in on his first try.
Then the Hall has no meaning of consequenceOrtiz will likely come up short this year, but should get in eventually. Schilling likely won't get in via the writers. He has a chance with the veteran's committee. Bonds and Clemens probably won't make it.
Bonds and Clemens belong in the Hall, but the voters won't put them in -- in my opinion. The veterans committee will be the ones that put them in. And their plaques should indicate what they did and the choices they made.Then the Hall has no meaning of consequence
Morneau and Lincecum will likely fall off the ballot. Nathan might get 5%, as he was as good a closer as there was (other than Rivera) during his career.
Didn't Schilling have a temper tantrum last year and say he no longer wants in?
I think the writers should oblige him.
Most of the early baseball stars were racists. Cap Anson only played a game with a black man on the other team because he realized that if he didn't play, he would forfeit his pay for the game.I think that they will. Bitching about how the writers have it out for him because he's a conservative (that's not the reason, he's just a racist, bigoted asshole) is not a way to get what you want.
If he doesn't ever go in, it's not some kind of tragedy either. He's a borderline candidate as it is.
Most of the early baseball stars were racists. Cap Anson only played a game with a black man on the other team because he realized that if he didn't play, he would forfeit his pay for the game.
Ty Cobb was terribly racist while he played.
Both of these guys are in the Hall and were icons of the game for over a generation.
And Schilling is on the wrong side of the border... Just because other borderline players got in doesn't mean the bar should be lowered...Both of those guys were and are slam dunk players.
Different eras of media coverage as well. Both of those players would have their detractors if they played today, and if they were as outspoken about their racist views, they would face backlash.
Schilling isn't even close to a slam dunk in the realm of Anson or Cobb. Even If he weren't a racist prick, I wouldn't have any problem with him not getting in. He defines borderline.