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[DJ MC]

Golden Era Committee elects:

No one.

 

Dick Allen and Tony Oliva each fell a vote short. I'm betting one makes it in next time around, at least.

[DJ MC]

Posnanski: The Veteran’s Committee and Bad Math

 

All math leads to Jersey Mike’s … and this, believe it or not, is simply a simplified version of ongoing problem with the Veterans Committee for the Baseball Hall of Fame. There, too, all maths point to Jersey Mike’s.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Sports Illustrated: Breaking down the first-year candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot

http://www.si.com/ml...-pedro-martinez

[BSLChrisStoner]

CBS Sports: HOF candidate breakdown: Mike Piazza

http://www.cbssports...own-mike-piazza

[BSLChrisStoner]

CBS Sports: HOF candidate breakdown: Tim Raines
http://www.cbssports...down-tim-raines

[BSLChrisStoner]

FOX Sports: 10 just isn't enough: My Hall of Fame ballot

http://www.foxsports...perstown-122114

[Russ]

Here's the list of those eligible:

Rich Aurillia
Jeff Bagwell 
Craig Biggio

Barry Bonds
Aaron Boone
Tony Clark
Roger Clemens
Carlos Delgado
Jermaine Dye
Darin Erstad
Cliff Floyd
Nomar Garciaparra
Brian Giles
Tom Gordon
Eddie Guardado
Randy Johnson
Jeff Kent 
Edgar Martinez 
Pedro Martinez 

Don Mattingly

Fred McGriff

Mark McGwire 
Mike Mussina
Troy Percival
Mike Piazza
Tim Raines
Curt Schilling
Jason Schmidt
Gary Sheffield
Lee Smith
John Smoltz
Sammy Sosa
Alan Trammell
Larry Walker

I've decided not to update percentages to keep from influencing voting. We'll close the vote at midnight 12/31.

Total Ballots - 7

[DJ MC]

Bagwell

Biggio

Bonds

Clemens

Johnson

P. Martinez

Mussina

Piazza

Raines

Schilling

 

Assuming we're following the limit of ten.

[Russ]

Bagwell

Biggio

Bonds

Clemens

Johnson

P. Martinez

Mussina

Piazza

Raines

Schilling

 

Assuming we're following the limit of ten.

Yeah, should have noted that.  Max of ten.

[DJ MC]

It's so depressing that I can look at that ballot and name a full second ten of guys who also should be in:

 

Kent

E. Martinez

Mattingly

McGriff

McGwire

Sheffield

Smoltz

Sosa

Trammell

Walker

[Mike in STL]

Bagwell

Biggio

Bonds

Clemens

Kent

Johnson

Pedro

Mattingly

McGwire

Piazza

[mweb08]

It's so depressing that I can look at that ballot and name a full second ten of guys who also should be in:
 
Kent
E. Martinez
Mattingly
McGriff
McGwire
Sheffield
Smoltz
Sosa
Trammell
Walker

Mattingly?

[SportsGuy]

Easily more than 10 guys who deserve to get in.

So, my ballot will be similar to last year in that I won't vote for the automatics, since they will get in anyway:

Bonds
Clemens
Schilling
Mussina
Raines
Piazza
Bagwell
McGwire
Trammel
Edgar

[BSLChrisStoner]

Here is how I would have voted in 2014:
http://camdendepot.b...te-on-2014.html

 

2014
Bagwell

Biggio

Bonds
Clemens
Glavine

Maddux
Mussina
Piazza
Raines
Thomas

 

2015

Bagwell

Biggio
Bonds
Clemens
Johnson
P. Martinez
Mussina
Piazza
Raines
Schilling

[RShack]

Bagwell

Biggio

Bonds

Clemens

Johnson

P. Martinez

Mussina

Piazza

Raines

Schilling

 

Assuming we're following the limit of ten.

 

Me too.

[DJ MC]

Mattingly?

 

I changed what I meant to write after making the list, which was guys who reasonably could be in. Mattingly would be there (though I wouldn't actually vote for him) along with a couple others I didn't put there. Most of them, though, I would vote.

[RShack]

Can we write-in Pete Rose?  Or are write-in's not allowed?

[Pedro Cerrano]

Me too.

I agree with Shack and DJ. Go stock up on non perishable food and bottled water.

Here is a question. Do Sosa and McGwire make your ballots even if the whole roids thing never happened? What I mean is, in a "vacuum" are their resumes good enough?

[RShack]

I agree with Shack and DJ. Go stock up on non perishable food and bottled water.

Here is a question. Do Sosa and McGwire make your ballots even if the whole roids thing never happened? What I mean is, in a "vacuum" are their resumes good enough?

 

There's still the 10 problem...

[DJ MC]

I agree with Shack and DJ. Go stock up on non perishable food and bottled water.

Here is a question. Do Sosa and McGwire make your ballots even if the whole roids thing never happened? What I mean is, in a "vacuum" are their resumes good enough?

 

Sosa less than McGwire, but yes.