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Saturday, December 10, 2005

Three Baseball Hall of Fame Questions

These are the 29 candidates on Hall of Fame Ballot. The results will be announced January 10, 2006:

RICK AGUILERA: 1st year on the ballot…
ALBERT BELLE: 1st year on the ballot…
BERT BLYLEVEN: 9th year on the ballot…
WILL CLARK: 1st year on the ballot…
DAVE CONCEPCION: 13th year on the ballot…
ANDRE DAWSON: 5th year on the ballot…
GARY DiSARCINA: 1st year on the ballot…
ALEX FERNANDEZ: 1st year on the ballot…
GARY GAETTI: 1st year on the ballot…
STEVE GARVEY: 14th year on the ballot…
DWIGHT GOODEN: 1st year on the ballot…
RICH GOSSAGE: 7th year on the ballot…
OZZIE GUILLEN: 1st year on the ballot…
OREL HERSHISHER: 1st year on the ballot……
GREGG JEFFERIES: 1st year on the ballot…
TOMMY JOHN: 12th year on the ballot…
DOUG JONES: 1st year on the ballot…
DON MATTINGLY: 6th year on the ballot…
WILLIE MCGEE: 2nd year on the ballot and only returnee among 2005 first-year eligibles…
HAL MORRIS: 1st year on the ballot…
JACK MORRIS: 7th year on the ballot…
DALE MURPHY: 8th year on the ballot…
DAVE PARKER: 10th year on the ballot…
JIM RICE: 12th year on the ballot…
LEE SMITH: 4th year on the ballot…
BRUCE SUTTER: 13th year on the ballot…
ALAN TRAMMELL: 5th year on the ballot…
WALT WEISS: 1st year on the ballot…
JOHN WETTELAND: 1st year on the ballot…

My questions:

1) Who would you vote for (maximum of 10)?
2) Who WILL get in this time?
3) Who will get less than 5% of the vote and therefore will never be considered again?

My answers in the response box.

2 comments:

Roger Owen Green said...

1. I'm voting for a lot of relief pitchers. If it's a legit stat, put 'em in:
BERT BLYLEVEN- comparable to folks already in there
ANDRE DAWSON
RICH GOSSAGE
OREL HERSHISHER-only first timer I'm voting for
TOMMY JOHN-got a surgery named for him; almost reason enough
JIM RICE-should have gotten in a while ago
LEE SMITH-the saves leader
BRUCE SUTTER

2. Hershisher, Sutter, maybe Rice. Maybe no one. Once upon a time Gooden was a lock.

3. GARY DiSARCINA, ALEX FERNANDEZ, WALT WEISS

Johnny Bacardi said...

I'm notoriously soft when it comes to putting people in the Hall. I still can't believe Tony Oliva, Mickey Lolich, and others aren't in.

I would vote for

BLYLEVEN
DAWSON
GOSSAGE
HERSHISHER
RICE
SMITH
DALE MURPHY
DAVE CONCEPCION

and I believe a case can be made for Sutter and John, too!

2. I gotta believe this may be Goose's year. Hershisher is well-liked by almost everyone, so he'll get in. Dawson is a sentimental favorite, too.

3. Hal Morris, Fernandez, Weiss, DiSarcina, Doug Jones, Gregg Jeffries