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Posted on 2/15/17 at 3:18 pm to MikeD
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Now that they are revealing ballots and writers will be called out for their votes, yes
eh, why would a writer care?
Posted on 2/15/17 at 4:38 pm to BobCoot
It goes back to Babe Ruth not being unanimous. If he wasn't, then no one should be (that's the argument of some voters, not my argument).
Posted on 2/15/17 at 4:44 pm to BobCoot
I still passionately hate that damn Ken Gurnick douche who left Maddux off in 2014.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 5:07 pm to BobCoot
Same as it ever was...
95.13%
Babe Ruth
And for good measure...
94.68%
Willie Mays
95.13%
Babe Ruth
And for good measure...
94.68%
Willie Mays
Posted on 2/15/17 at 5:21 pm to CubsFanBudMan
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It goes back to Babe Ruth not being unanimous. If he wasn't, then no one should be (that's the argument of some voters, not my argument).
Actually it's probably more - if Ty Cobb wasn't unanimous then nobody will be.
Because at that 1936 initial vote - old coots still considered Cobb the GOAT...and while Cobb got the most votes, he wasn't unanimous. 98.2%
Cy Young got 49% of the votes
Lou Ghering got 22.5% of the votes
You could vote for current players...there was no rule about being retired or out of the game X amount of years. This was the inaugural class for a LONG period of baseball. And Gherig only played 3 more years after the vote.
I haven't seen an MLB voter whose a-hole wouldn't pucker up tighter than a snare drum when you ask them for their vote.
There were 47 players listed on the initial ballot - which was covering over 50 years of baseball!!!!!
And they fricking elected 5.
5 goddamn players.
This post was edited on 2/15/17 at 5:23 pm
Posted on 2/15/17 at 5:32 pm to BobCoot
Baseball HOF voting is one of the dumber things in sports.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 6:17 pm to BobCoot
No, because some nerd writer will take it upon himself to say no one desrves to make it on the first ballot.
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