Who ya got?
Harold Baines
Albert Belle
Dante Bichette
Bert Blyleven
Bobby Bonilla
Scott Brosius
Jay Buhner
Ken Caminiti
Jose Canseco
Dave Concepcion
Eric Davis
Andre Dawson
Tony Fernandez
Steve Garvey
Rich Gossage
Tony Gwynn
Orel Hershiser
Tommy John
Wally Joyner
Don Mattingly
Mark McGwire
Jack Morris
Dale Murphy
Paul O'neil
Dave Parker
Jim Rice
Cal Ripken Jr.
Brett Saberhagen
Lee Smith
Allan Trammell
Devon White
Bobby Witt
Who ya got?
"My mission is to be the ray of hope, the guy who stands out there on that beautiful field and owns up to his mistakes and lets people know it's never completely hopeless, no matter how bad it seems at the time. I have a platform and a message, and now I go to bed at night, sober and happy, praying I can be a good messenger." -Josh Hamilton
Concepcion and Eric Davis all the way
How many "votes" do the actual voters get?Originally Posted by Jpup
Voters get up to 10 votes.
I picked the two obvious guys: Gwynn and Ripken.
Six guys I've long thought deserve induction: Blyleven, Concepcion, John, Morris, Smith and Trammell.
And two heartstrings guys: Davis and O'Neil (might be the only chance to vote for them).
I've got no complaints about votes for Parker, Dawson, Rice, Garvey or Gossage either.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
I would love for Eric Davis to get in, but I couldn't vote for him. His numbers just are not good enough for long enough. He is my favorite player of all time. That doesn't count for much though.
"My mission is to be the ray of hope, the guy who stands out there on that beautiful field and owns up to his mistakes and lets people know it's never completely hopeless, no matter how bad it seems at the time. I have a platform and a message, and now I go to bed at night, sober and happy, praying I can be a good messenger." -Josh Hamilton
You say no to Orel Hershiser? I think if Morris gets in, Hershiser should be in. Granted, that's a big "if", but I think Hershiser is deserving.
'When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.'
-Snoop on his retirement
Your Mom is happy.
My knock on Hershiser is he didn't pitch quite enough to make it onto the career lists. Morris gets the nod from me for, as much as anything else, being durable.
Hershiser best seasons were better, no doubt about it. If he hadn't lost his last three World Series starts, I might even be willing to vote for him due to extraordinary postseason excellence.
For me, Morris had the longevity and high spots to make it. Hershiser, probably because he's such a wisp of a man, wore down a bit quicker and I don't at the moment view his high spots as high enough to overcome that.
Though if someone wants to make a compelling argument for Hershiser, then I can be convinced (though he wouldn't be getting my vote on this ballot regardless).
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
I went with Trammell, Gwynn, Gossage, Ripken and Blyleven.
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