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The latest Hall of Fame ballot is out. You can vote for up to 10. Who do you vote for?

Harold Baines
Jay Bell
Bert Blyleven
David Cone
Andre Dawson
Ron Gant
Mark Grace
Rickey Henderson
Tommy John
Don Mattingly
Mark McGwire
Jack Morris
Dale Murphy
Jesse Orosco
Dave Parker
Dan Plesac
Tim Raines
Jim Rice
Lee Smith
Alan Trammell
Greg Vaughn
Mo Vaughn
Matt Williams

Voting closed: December 11, 2008, 03:01:23 PM

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Richard Chuggar

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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #60 on: January 06, 2010, 02:10:12 PM »
Quote from: powen01 on January 06, 2010, 01:56:18 PM
Quote from: Eli on January 06, 2010, 01:51:46 PM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on January 06, 2010, 01:43:16 PM
Raines?  The guy who slid head first so as to not break the cocaine vials in his back pocket?  Talent-wise, perhaps.  But in-no-universe on a character basis.

I'm not even looking to start a Dawson argument.  Just saying that if the Hawk got in, those three guys should be in as well.  Specifically Alomar.  I really hate the "make-a-guy-wait" concept.  Either someone is a Hall of Famer or he's not.  And Alomar is definitely a Hall of Famer.

Tdubbs thinks that's some bullshit too.

Totally broseefus.
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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #61 on: January 06, 2010, 02:17:10 PM »
Quote from: Fork on January 06, 2010, 02:08:17 PM
Raines? Not better than Dawson.

He was a lot better.

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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #62 on: January 06, 2010, 02:21:12 PM »
Lou Brock is a happy man, though, since he no longer has the worst on-base percentage among Hall of Fame outfielders.

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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #63 on: January 06, 2010, 02:22:35 PM »
Quote from: Eli on January 06, 2010, 02:21:12 PM
Lou Brock is a happy man, though, since he no longer has the worst on-base percentage among Hall of Fame outfielders.

I'm pretty sure Lou Brock doesn't give a shit.
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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #64 on: January 06, 2010, 02:27:30 PM »
Quote from: Eli on January 06, 2010, 02:17:10 PM
Quote from: Fork on January 06, 2010, 02:08:17 PM
Raines? Not better than Dawson.

He was a lot better.

his OPS is a whopping .004 higher than Dawson's.

Dawson has over 250 more home runs, and was far superior in the field.

I'm not sure Raines ever gets in, only because he's under 3000 hits.
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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #65 on: January 06, 2010, 02:36:26 PM »
The real outrage is that Pat Hentgen only got one vote.

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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #66 on: January 06, 2010, 02:39:36 PM »
Quote from: Eli on January 06, 2010, 02:36:26 PM
The real outrage is that Pat Hentgen only got one vote.
That's offset by Todd Zeile's -0- votes.

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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #67 on: January 06, 2010, 02:54:47 PM »
Quote from: Fork on January 06, 2010, 02:27:30 PM
Quote from: Eli on January 06, 2010, 02:17:10 PM
Quote from: Fork on January 06, 2010, 02:08:17 PM
Raines? Not better than Dawson.

He was a lot better.

his OPS is a whopping .004 higher than Dawson's.

Dawson has over 250 more home runs, and was far superior in the field.

I'm not sure Raines ever gets in, only because he's under 3000 hits.

If we're cherry picking stats, he stole 494 bases while only being caught _37_ more times.

He got on base .62 (or almost 20%) more than Dawson.

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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #68 on: January 06, 2010, 03:09:22 PM »
This thread is useless without pics.












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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #69 on: January 06, 2010, 03:15:31 PM »
Those are some historic pictures.

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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #70 on: January 06, 2010, 03:16:56 PM »
Is that a young Bad Kermit wearing the Hills shirt and calculator watch?

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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #71 on: January 06, 2010, 03:29:29 PM »

Fuck it, the man was the balls.

In fact, they should put a statue of him outside Wrigley Field with "THE BALLS" on the pedestal.
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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #72 on: January 06, 2010, 03:40:38 PM »
Quote from: Fork on January 06, 2010, 03:29:29 PM

Fuck it, the man was the balls.

In fact, they should put a statue of him outside Wrigley Field with "THE BALLS" on the pedestal.

Lil' Kerm in that picture got a good look at his ballz.

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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #73 on: January 06, 2010, 03:43:08 PM »
Quote from: CT III on January 06, 2010, 03:16:56 PM
Is that a young Bad Kermit wearing the Hills shirt and calculator watch?

That kid had cancer, IDITO.

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Re: Who's a Hall of Famer?
« Reply #74 on: January 06, 2010, 04:04:16 PM »
Raines, Blyleven, Alomar should all be in.

Of course I'm still wondering how Tommy John never got elected.  He was a very good pitcher before and after his surgery, but the fact that he was as good as he was after the surgery is a big reason why it became commonplace.