HOF Thread

Published Jan. 6, 2010 at 5:43 p.m.
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...Bert Blyleven deserves to be in the Hall but I also don't want to read the smug/self-righteous/wailing/biblical-gnashing-of-teeth noise that will arise if he isn't. Isn't everyone's sanity as important as whether or not he was "dominant"?(AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, File)...

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As requested, the HOF announcement comes today at 1 EST/12CST.  The ballot is:

1. Roberto Alomar
2. Kevin Appier
3. Harold Baines
4. Bert Blyleven
5. Ellis Burks
6. Andre Dawson
7. Andres Galarraga
8. Pat Hentgen
9. Mike Jackson
10. Eric Karros
11. Ray Lankford
12. Barry Larkin
13. Edgar Martinez
14. Don Mattingly
15. Fred McGriff
16. Mark McGwire
17. Jack Morris
18. Dale Murphy
19. Dave Parker
20. Tim Raines
21. Shane Reynolds
22. David Segui
23. Lee Smith
24. Alan Trammell
25. Robin Ventura
26. Todd Zeile

Sometimes I wonder if VEB sticks around the next 15 years how current commenters/authors will be viewed in HOF terms.  Then I realize how self-indulgent that is and I go back to my day job.

Also, Bert Blyleven needs to be elected. N E E D S. That is all.

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