Baseball Hall of Fame voting

[Bene Futuis]

What will end up being interesting is if any of the cheaters from the '17 Astros end up making HoF cases for themselves. That kind of cheating, or Sosa's corked bat now that I think of it, concerns me much more.

[chancellor]

But at the same time, Bonds, sans cheating, was still so clearly an all-time great, as was Clemens.

Dunno about Clemens. It's pretty clear where his cheating started, too, and he'd have had to get in on the Koufax basis - great peak of about 7 years, and then done, without steroids. It's why I left him off my list. Yes, he had three Cy's and a MVP before going in the tank pre-steroids, but only 180ish wins, and good but not great other totals.

[hacko]

I think Bonds AND Rose should be in . How can you have a HOF and the Hit leader and HR leader not be in . Put fucking * on the the Plaque what a douchebag they were/are....none are worse then Cobb.

[Ken]

The hall of fame isn't for the players, it is for the fans.

Put in Bonds. Put in Clemens. Put in Rose. I want my great grandkids to know about them, not only for what they accomplished, but how. It's part of the story of baseball.

Hiding their names and pretending like it didn't happen just does "us" the injustice.

[Bene Futuis]

I think Bonds AND Rose should be in . How can you have a HOF and the Hit leader and HR leader not be in . Put fucking * on the the Plaque what a douchebag they were/are....none are worse then Cobb.

"Ty Cobb wanted to play, but none of us could stand the son-of-a-bitch when we were alive, so we told him to stick it!"

[cavebird]

They need to grow some balls, you can't cancel balls, only sit on them the wrong way occasionally.

You are clearly not married.

[Ken]

You are clearly not married.

ok smoker.

[GwynnInTheHall]

You are clearly not married.

Oh I am and I would say something, but I keep that between her and I.

And frankly, though I do have big balls, well let's just say I don't get the girls cuz I'm pretty or rich...












It's because I'm a fantasy baseball savant.

[GwynnInTheHall]

ok smoker.

Cigars.

[onejayhawk]

Cigars.

Freud is so happy with you.

J

[revo]

Today the Hall will announce the newest inductees, and it's looking like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens will finally get elected in their last year of eligibility, joining David Ortiz as a 1st ballot HOFer.

[Davros]

Today the Hall will announce the newest inductees, and it's looking like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens will finally get elected in their last year of eligibility, joining David Ortiz as a 1st ballot HOFer.

The past two years, Bonds and Clemens had their early public vote percentages drop 9% to 12% once the final results were announced. Since they are sitting at 78.1% (Bonds) and 77.1% (Clemens) currently in the announced ballots, it is expected that both of them will not be enshrined by the BBWAA unless the previous trends of private ballots radically change. Even David Ortiz's enshrinement does not seem like a sure thing to many people at this point with a 84.4% current total. We will know for sure this evening.

https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?...K9u16pmWGGlQsI (check out the tabs at the bottom for previous year's results)

[Moonlight J]

It's going to be Ortiz, by himself, by a margin of 7 ballots IMO

[Moonlight J]

Today the Hall will announce the newest inductees, and it's looking like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens will finally get elected in their last year of eligibility, joining David Ortiz as a 1st ballot HOFer.

Disagree -- I don't believe either even clears 70% given the amount of cowards who don't publish their ballots

[Bene Futuis]

Steroid user, friendly to press = Hall of Fame.

Steroid user, unfriendly to press = no Hall of Fame.