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    HOE Nominees

    Ok, junkies, time to do your RJ civic duty and vote in the Hall Of Exceelence (HOE) forum. We are going to nominate between 8-10 players per week and see how our very HOE compares to the HOF. The process will be similar to the HOF, with nominees needing 75% of the vote to be inducted. Each member of the RJ community is free to use his own criteria when evaluating nominees but please weigh the pros and cons of each nominee and certainly join in the discussion if you feel strongly one way or another, that's what will make this endeavor worthwhile.

    We're going roughly in chronological order by decade. Polls will be open for a week and there will definitely be some interesting debates and discussions surrounding the nominees. This week's nominees are:

    Cap Anson 1B/3B/C 1871-1897
    Ross Barnes 2B/SS 1871-1881
    Candy Cummings P 1872-1877
    King Kelly C/3B/OF 1878-1893
    Cal McVey 1B/C/OF 1871-1879
    Al Spalding P 1871-1878
    Monte Ward SS/2B/P 1878-1894
    If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
    - Terence McKenna

    Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

    How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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    Are the polls public?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by JudeBaldo View Post
      Are the polls public?
      Yea, to ensure no trolls come in and try to vote no on everyone...would only need a couple to really disrupt things. I hope this isn't a deterrent to anyone.
      If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
      - Terence McKenna

      Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

      How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

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      • #4
        The vote counts whether anyone likes your reasoning or not. That's what is great.
        Find that level above your head and help you reach it.

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        • #5
          Ok, there's a wide variability in terms of vote counts so I'm bumping this to encourage folks who may have voted for a couple nominees to cast a vote for the rest. For the slackers who haven't voted at all, what are you waiting for?
          If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
          - Terence McKenna

          Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

          How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

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          • #6
            next round of 10 players are up for vote. Rock the vote!

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            • #7
              Ok folks...voting turnout is pretty sad this week, a few of this week's nominees have the percentage but not the minimum number of votes to get in. This week's group includes a pair of siblings, a phenom who died at age 25 of typhoid fever, and the first non-HOFer with a good chance of making the HOE. Please check out the HOE forum and vote!

              Old Hoss Radbourn P/OF 1880-1891
              Pud Galvin P/OF 1875-1892
              Deacon White 3B/C/RF 1871-1890
              Will White P 1877-1886
              George Wright SS/2B 1871-1882
              Larry Corcoran P 1880-1887
              Guy Hecker P/1B/OF 1882-1890
              George Bradley P/3B/OF 1875-1888
              Charlie Ferguson 2B/OF/P 1884-1887
              Bobby Mathews P/OF 1871-1887
              If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
              - Terence McKenna

              Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

              How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

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              • #8
                Originally posted by DMT View Post
                Ok folks...voting turnout is pretty sad this week, a few of this week's nominees have the percentage but not the minimum number of votes to get in. This week's group includes a pair of siblings, a phenom who died at age 25 of typhoid fever, and the first non-HOFer with a good chance of making the HOE. Please check out the HOE forum and vote!

                Old Hoss Radbourn P/OF 1880-1891
                Pud Galvin P/OF 1875-1892
                Deacon White 3B/C/RF 1871-1890
                Will White P 1877-1886
                George Wright SS/2B 1871-1882
                Larry Corcoran P 1880-1887
                Guy Hecker P/1B/OF 1882-1890
                George Bradley P/3B/OF 1875-1888
                Charlie Ferguson 2B/OF/P 1884-1887
                Bobby Mathews P/OF 1871-1887
                Voting is sad because most of us will say "Who are these guys?"
                "I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Mithrandir View Post
                  Voting is sad because most of us will say "Who are these guys?"
                  That's why we include write-ups so everyone can learn who they are.
                  If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
                  - Terence McKenna

                  Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

                  How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by DMT View Post
                    That's why we include write-ups so everyone can learn who they are.
                    I'm actually enjoying learning about these guys. Even though I've heard some of the names, I still didn't really know much about them, so this has been very informative.

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                    • #11
                      After two weeks and 18 nominees, the HOE has welcomed 7 members.

                      1878 - Al Spalding, P (100%)
                      1890 - Deacon White, C (77%)
                      1891 - Old Hoss Radbourn, P (95%)
                      1892 - Pud Galvin, P (86%)
                      1893 - King Kelly, C (81%)
                      1894 - John Montgomery Ward, P/OF (96%)
                      1897 - Cap Anson, 1B (100%)

                      This week's 10 new nominees are posted:

                      Jim McCormick P 1878-1887
                      Hardy Richardson 2B/OF/3B 1879-1892
                      Mickey Welch P/OF 1880-1892
                      Tim Keefe P 1880-1893
                      Pete Browning OF/2B/3B 1882-1894
                      John Clarkson P 1884-1894
                      Roger Connor 1B 1880-1897
                      Buck Ewing C/3B/OF 1880-1897
                      Ed Delahanty OF/1B/2B 1888-1903
                      Kid Nichols P/OF 1890-1906
                      If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
                      - Terence McKenna

                      Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

                      How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

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                      • #12
                        We have a new group of nominees up for vote, including: the 19th century equivalent of Ozzie Smith, a player who retired as the active career leader in HRs AND SBs, and of course a few all-time legends, one of whom registered possibly the single greatest hitting season of all-time and another who never even won the award that bears his name!

                        Hugh Duffy OF 1888-1899
                        Billy Hamilton OF 1888-1901
                        Bid McPhee 2B 1882-1889
                        Amos Rusie P 1889-1901
                        Jimmy Ryan OF 1885-1903
                        Harry Stovey OF/1B 1880-1893
                        George Van Haltren 2B/OF 1887-1903
                        Cy Young P 1890-1911
                        If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
                        - Terence McKenna

                        Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)

                        How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

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