Blyleven Makes SBN's HOF Cut

…he was the ONLY one to make it?

so that means Harold Baines squeezed in? L A M E.

I bet Roberto makes it in the real voting. Consistently hit .300, swipped 25 + bags and was good for 10-15 HRS, 14 Gold Gloves and appeared in 18 consecutive All-Stars games.

For his time, he was the premier 2B. If RYNO is in the hall then there is no doubt Roberto is going.

voted for Ray Lankford. Shows the stupidity of Red Sux fans.

The Dutchman, Big Mac, Rock, and the Hawk would get my vote. I’m on the fence with Alomar, Larkin, and McGriff.

Where have all the great nicknames gone?

remember he spit on an umpire? there is something in the “rules” on voting that a person should keep the integrity of the game alive.

Frankly, it shocks me that Larkin and Raines aren’t near-unanimous picks. I can’t imagine the real voters not picking Larkin, although I don’t understand how they failed to pick Raines his first time around. The relative lack of support (25%) for McGriff also surprises. I would expect him to garner around 50%, especially considering that he hasn’t been linked (that I know of) to PED use, unlike so many of his contemporaries.

Not that he could get in but he’s a better pitcher than everyone listed but Blyleven.

Bert and Roberto belong. So does Larkin….

Can be found here.

On the various controversies, I find it bizarre that kicking dirt on an umpire is comical, bumping an umpire is a mild suspension, and spitting on an umpire is borderline yer-outta-da-Hall behavior. It was an ugly and classless move, but that’s really about it.

McGwire? He had sick, monstrous power before baseball expanded twice, built a raft of bandbox ballparks, and looked the other way while tall skinny guys like McGwire turned into 6’6" Popeyes and drank stuff out of strange-looking bottles. Baseball was a different sport from 1988-93 than it was from 1994-onward; *everyone*s home run totals spiked up afterward. Meanwhile, McGwire moved from a stadium that kills home runs to one that doesn’t. Bottom line is, he produced Hall of Fame results on the field, even in a short career, and not voting for a guy based on the way he responds to being hauled up in front of Congress is not my bag.

Alan Trammell “wasn’t even a good hitter”? He hit .285 at a time when the league average was .264. His OBP was .352 in a .330 era. Slugging was .415 in a .402. He was, in other words 10% better than league average, while playing shortstop (including Gold-Glove caliber) for two decades. Five times in the top 10 in batting average, 4 times for OBP, 3 times for runs, twice for RBI, once for slugging. Got MVP votes in 7 different seasons, made 6 All-star teams.

McGriff is the toughest call for me; ultimately the guy was a good or great hitter for 16 consecutive seasons, putting up All-Star caliber numbers for a solid decade. He’s somewhere in Tony Perez/Raffy Palmeiro territory, which is borderline, but give me the guy who plays 150 games every year w/ 30 homers for more than a decade.

they were the top of their position for years. larkin is overshadowed because of the SS boom of the late 90s somewhat, but let’s remember that while jeter held up, nomah sure didn’t.

i think bert deserves to get in and i hope this is the year, and i think mcgriff is undervalued and deserves to get in as well.

tim raines will get in, but he’s not a first-ballot guy.

torn on trammel. he was awesome in RBI Baseball.