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Old 01-10-2013, 01:53 PM   #1
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Actually they should have voted the entire steroid class in at one time, rigged the balloting and all to do it,
then erected a special room JUST for them...a closet of sorts. That way if everybody would play clean,
we could just move on. But what would I care, baseball escapes me.
Do we also get a, "greenies" wing, a, "doctored the ball" wing, and a, "played prior to segregation" wing, too? It's a museum, not a choir loft.
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But what would I care, baseball escapes me.

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Old 01-10-2013, 03:43 PM   #3
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Bless you all.
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Another year gone by and none of the steroid players get in.
I figured it would be awhile until Bonds or Clemens got close, but I thought Piazza or Biggio might get the nod.
I also thought Mussina and Schilling might get in.
So the saga continues.
Do these guys ever see the hall?
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I say no...although I feel they deserve to be in there, just like Pete Rose does.
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Rafael Palmiero off the ballot.....
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Feel pretty crappy that Jack Morris won't ever be in the hall. No 300 wins but the guy was the dominant pitcher of his era AND he pitched arguable one of the best pitching performances in World Series History.

After not getting in today he said I was upset but glad it's over. 15 years of hearing my critics was long enough.
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Feel pretty crappy that Jack Morris won't ever be in the hall. No 300 wins but the guy was the dominant pitcher of his era AND he pitched arguable one of the best pitching performances in World Series History.

After not getting in today he said I was upset but glad it's over. 15 years of hearing my critics was long enough.
He goes before the Veterans Committee in 2016...all hope is not lost for Jack.
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What type of douche doesn't vote for Maddux? I shake my head at the process....
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What type of douche doesn't vote for Maddux? I shake my head at the process....
If you were following this "saga" on the interweb, you know the stink some raised about Maddux not being the first unanimous HOFer. Me, I don't see the big deal. He got in with a landslide, so who should care? IMHO, though Maddux certainly earned his election on the first ballot, the only player I have witnessed lately who deserves to be elected unanimously is Mariano Rivera . . . and five years from now that ain't gonna happen either. I won't care, and neither will Mo.

I doubt if Greg does either.
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"I'm going to be THE GUY that makes a first ballot HOF'er, not"

No to mention Biggio, yea...make him wait one more year...
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If you think Maddux not being a unanimous selection is a sin, consider the fact that Joe Dimaggio wasn't elected on his first ballot.
He didn't get in until his 3rd try.
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If you think Maddux not being a unanimous selection is a sin, consider the fact that Joe Dimaggio wasn't elected on his first ballot.
He didn't get in until his 3rd try.
'Er ya go. Consider that, as well as the fact than NOBODY'S been elected unanimously yet. You really think Greg Maddux was better than anybody else ever elected? Plu-leeeze.
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If you think Maddux not being a unanimous selection is a sin, consider the fact that Joe Dimaggio wasn't elected on his first ballot.
He didn't get in until his 3rd try.
That's because the Hall of Fame used to be for great (elite) players. Now it can be referred to as the Hall of Good. Any player who had a decent career is on the ballot now. And some get in.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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I get your point, Peter, but it does not explain why Don Mattingly received only 8.2% of the votes, which is less than Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Lee Smith, Mike Mussina, Jeff Kent, Mark McGwire, and Larry Walker (Larry Walker? Who the fark is Larry Walker? ), and only slightly more than Sammy Sosa. True, the stats of many exceed Donnie's, but many are also on that "tainted" list.
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I stick to the fact that not voting for someone who is clearly the elite of the elite, a 1st ballot HOFer if there ever was one, just "because it's the way it is done" is a joke. We are not talking about someone who needs discussion, arguments for or against.... he's in, everyone knows he's in and there are those that don't vote for him related to history of how it has been done or whatever....it is a joke.

I am sure Maddux could not care less, but I care. As stated above, I shake my head & roll my eyes at the process....
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As stated above, I shake my head & roll my eyes at the process....
That's allowed, brother. Just don't expect it to change.
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That's allowed, brother. Just don't expect it to change.
I don't....usually never giving it a second thought, even this time of year. Maddux is special to me, so there is just some extra "rock in the shoe" with this one....

On the flip side, he's in and I'm heading to Sun Valley, ID for the weekend, things are looking up....
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I don't....usually never giving it a second thought, even this time of year. Maddux is special to me, so there is just some extra "rock in the shoe" with this one....

On the flip side, he's in and I'm heading to Sun Valley, ID for the weekend, things are looking up....
Hope you get some fresh powder to soften the feel of that rock in your shoe.
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