2008 HoF Ballot

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Post#1 » by Basketball Jesus » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:07 pm

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NEW YORK -- Tim Raines and David Justice head 11 first-time candidates on the baseball writers' 2008 Hall of Fame ballot, joining Mark McGwire, Rich Gossage, Jim Rice and 11 other holdovers.


McGwire, his candidacy hurt by suspicions of steroids use, was selected on just 23.5 percent of ballots when he was eligible for the first time in 2007.

When Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn were elected in January, Gossage fell 21 votes shy of the necessary 75 percent and Rice was 63 votes short.

Rice is on the ballot for the 14th time and Gossage for the ninth. Players can be on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot for up to 15 years



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Players on this year's ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Election results will be announced Jan. 8, 2008:
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Post#2 » by Basketball Jesus » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:12 pm

My list:

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Post#3 » by mizzoupacers » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:15 pm

Raines, Gossage, and Trammell.

Make McGwire wait until we have more clarity about the whole steroids issue.

A bunch of near misses after that.

Whitaker is not even on the ballot? He was better than a lot of the guys who are.
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Post#4 » by Bleeding Green » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:30 pm

Blyleven is a no-doubter. Then Raines, McGwire, Trammell. Dawson, Baines and Finley are on the edge for me.

No to Robb Nen. 715 innings? LOL. I wouldn't put Gossage in and he has over 1000 more innings.

DWIGHT EVANS, PEOPLE. DWIGHT EVANS. I don't know the bigger travesty: Dwight Evans exclusion or that people trumpet Jim Rice's comparatively mediocre career while ignoring Dewey.
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Post#5 » by SportsWorld » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:47 pm

I love me some Chuck Knoblauch.
Best batting stance in Major League history.
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Post#6 » by Knicks 316 » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:37 pm

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LOL, no doubt.

Anyway Raines and Blyleven for me. I like Gossage too and maybe some Nen.
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Post#7 » by 34Celtic » Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:07 pm

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Post#8 » by cmaff051 » Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:36 pm

Bert Blyleven, Goose Gossage, Mark McGwire are my choices.
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Post#9 » by GYBE » Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:39 pm

Andre freaking Dawson. Blyleven, McGwire and Gossage as well.

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Post#10 » by craig01 » Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:42 pm

Blyleven, Gossage, and Trammell......Rice maybe.
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Post#11 » by wigglestrue » Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:57 pm

Blyleven, Gossage, and Dwight ****ing Evans.
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Post#12 » by Da Schwab » Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:00 am

Andre Dawson, Rock Raines, Goose Gossage, Bert Blyleven, Alan Trammell.

On the fence to me:

Jack Morris, Dale Murphy and Jim Rice.


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Post#13 » by Basketball Jesus » Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:49 am

I'm not writing in Dewey until Sweet Lou is voted in.
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Post#14 » by wigglestrue » Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:26 am

Basketball Jesus wrote:I'm not writing in Dewey until Sweet Lou is voted in.


Meh, I guess they have comparable cases.
Whitaker is to Trammell as Dewey is to Rice.

Okay, here's my ballot then:
Blyleven, Gossage, Dwight ****ing Evans, and Lou Whitaker.
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Post#15 » by Basketball Jesus » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:34 am

Now also vote for Tom Henke. Not only because he was probably one of the most dominant relief pitchers ever for a decade (better than Gossage, Fingers and Bruce Sutter) but also because he looked like Hank Hill.

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Post#16 » by Basketball Jesus » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:40 am

Both Trammell and Whitaker are more deserving than Dewey, who in turn is more deserving than Jim Ed.
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Post#17 » by studcrackers » Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:41 am

tom henke looks like hank hill if he had down syndrome
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Post#18 » by wigglestrue » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:21 am

Basketball Jesus wrote:Both Trammell and Whitaker are more deserving than Dewey, who in turn is more deserving than Jim Ed.


No way man. Trammell is less deserving than Dewey, easily.
Whitaker is about as deserving as Dewey, no more no less.

As for Henke, fine. I'll vote for him, too. But only cuz it's your birthday.
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Post#19 » by Basketball Jesus » Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:59 pm

Why thank you. Did you also bake me a cake?
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Post#20 » by bringinhinkie » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:53 pm

mizzoupacers wrote:Raines, Gossage, and Trammell.

Make McGwire wait until we have more clarity about the whole steroids issue.

A bunch of near misses after that.

Whitaker is not even on the ballot? He was better than a lot of the guys who are.


If someone pleads the 5th when asked if he used steroids, he obviously used steroids. If he didn't, he would have just said no. The question is whether or not you let him in knowing he used them.

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