Sunday, February 14, 2010
1-12-09
Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice make MLB HOF
I have no problem with Rickey Henderson making the HOF. He is the Greatest of all time...just ask him. It was the last year Jim Rice was on the Ballot, so I'm happy he got in before he went Ronville (Santo).
But how does Andre Dawson not make the HOF. Dawson ranks 24th all-time in RBIs, 32nd all-time in home runs and 21st in extra-base hits. Dawson is one of four players to hit 400 home runs and steal 300 bases. He's the only eligible player with more than 1,000 career extra-base hits who is not in the Hall of Fame. An eight-time Gold Glove winner and eight-time All-Star...WTF???That's not my only complaint about this years ballot - Who are the 28 writers that didn't feel like Henderson deserved to be in the HOF? probably the same 22 people that voted for Mark Grace. Now, I'm a HUGE Cubs fan, but even I wasn't stupid enough to think he deserved to be in the HOF. Thank God he got less than 5% and we won't have to deal with him on the ballot again. And HTF do Jay Bell and Jesse Orosco get votes.And my final complaint - Jack Morris! This guy led three differnt teams to a World Series, and pitched THE BEST World Series game of my life - Game 7, 1991, 10 innings, 1 run. How is this guy only getting 44%???Well, let's hope Hawk gets in next year with a class likely to include Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin, Edgar Martinez, & Fred McGriff.
Here are the final numbers:Rickey Henderson 511 (94.8 percent); Jim Rice 412 (76.4 percent); Andre Dawson 361 (67.0 percent); Bert Blyleven 338 (62.7 percent); Lee Smith 240 (44.5 percent); Jack Morris 237 (44.0 percent); Tommy John 171 (31.7 percent); Tim Raines 122 (22.6 percent); Mark McGwire 118 (21.9 percent); Alan Trammell 94 (17.4 percent); Dave Parker 81 (15.0 percent); Don Mattingly 64 (11.9 percent); Dale Murphy 62 (11.5 percent); Harold Baines 32 (5.9 percent); Mark Grace 22 (4.1 percent); David Cone 21 (3.9 percent); Matt Williams 7 (1.3 percent); Mo Vaughn 6 (1.1 percent); Jay Bell 2 (0.4 percent); Jesse Orosco 1 (0.2 percent); Ron Gant 0; Dan Plesac 0; Greg Vaughn 0.
I have no problem with Rickey Henderson making the HOF. He is the Greatest of all time...just ask him. It was the last year Jim Rice was on the Ballot, so I'm happy he got in before he went Ronville (Santo).
But how does Andre Dawson not make the HOF. Dawson ranks 24th all-time in RBIs, 32nd all-time in home runs and 21st in extra-base hits. Dawson is one of four players to hit 400 home runs and steal 300 bases. He's the only eligible player with more than 1,000 career extra-base hits who is not in the Hall of Fame. An eight-time Gold Glove winner and eight-time All-Star...WTF???That's not my only complaint about this years ballot - Who are the 28 writers that didn't feel like Henderson deserved to be in the HOF? probably the same 22 people that voted for Mark Grace. Now, I'm a HUGE Cubs fan, but even I wasn't stupid enough to think he deserved to be in the HOF. Thank God he got less than 5% and we won't have to deal with him on the ballot again. And HTF do Jay Bell and Jesse Orosco get votes.And my final complaint - Jack Morris! This guy led three differnt teams to a World Series, and pitched THE BEST World Series game of my life - Game 7, 1991, 10 innings, 1 run. How is this guy only getting 44%???Well, let's hope Hawk gets in next year with a class likely to include Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin, Edgar Martinez, & Fred McGriff.
Here are the final numbers:Rickey Henderson 511 (94.8 percent); Jim Rice 412 (76.4 percent); Andre Dawson 361 (67.0 percent); Bert Blyleven 338 (62.7 percent); Lee Smith 240 (44.5 percent); Jack Morris 237 (44.0 percent); Tommy John 171 (31.7 percent); Tim Raines 122 (22.6 percent); Mark McGwire 118 (21.9 percent); Alan Trammell 94 (17.4 percent); Dave Parker 81 (15.0 percent); Don Mattingly 64 (11.9 percent); Dale Murphy 62 (11.5 percent); Harold Baines 32 (5.9 percent); Mark Grace 22 (4.1 percent); David Cone 21 (3.9 percent); Matt Williams 7 (1.3 percent); Mo Vaughn 6 (1.1 percent); Jay Bell 2 (0.4 percent); Jesse Orosco 1 (0.2 percent); Ron Gant 0; Dan Plesac 0; Greg Vaughn 0.
# posted by Vince L. @ 5:24 PM 
