David Ortiz - .779 of the vote
Barry Bonds - .660
Roger Clemens - .652
Scott Rolen - .632
Curt Schilling - .586
Todd Helton - .520
Billy Wagner - .510
Andruw Jones - .411
Gary Sheffield - .406
Alex Rodriguez - .343
Jeff Kent - .327
Manny Ramirez - .289
Omar Vizquel - .239
Sammy Sosa - .185
Andy Pettitte - .107
Jimmy Rollins - .094
Bobby Abreu - .086
Mark Buehrle - .058
Torii Hunter - .053
Dropoffs from future ballots
Joe Nathan - .043
Tim Hudson - .030
Tim Lincecum - .023
Ryan Howard - .020
Mark Teixeira - .015
Justin Morneau - .013
Jonathan Papelbon - .013
Prince Fielder - .005
A.J. Pierzynski - .005
Carl Crawford and Jake Peavy - both squat
The Hall of Fame made its worst decision in history in the exclusion of Curt Schilling, an obvious first ballot Hall of Famer. Nobody in the universe believes that Schilling's career doesn't merit induction. He has been a victim of the cancel culture, as he is an outspoken conservative.
I have decided that I no longer care who is in the Hall of Fame and who is not. I will still write for this blog and for my book (including future articles on Joe Nathan, Tim Hudson, Jonathan Papelbon, and A.J. Pierzynski), but since I have a good understanding of who should be in and who shouldn't, it doesn't really matter to me. Everyone has his own personal Hall of Fame, and I am simply sharing who could be in mine. I never really looked at the Hall of Fame as a plausible end in itself, since the Hall of Fame over the years has done a pretty awful job. Now that they've gotten political and nasty, I cease to care about who is in the actual shrine at Cooperstown, since the people who voted them there are obviously less qualified to vote than I am, for example.
Congratulations, Big Papi, for your first ballot entry. And I am more open to forgive you, BBWAA, since you opened the door for Scott Rolen's induction, shut it on Bonds and Clemens, and will do the same to A-Rod in the future.
A lot of my people on Net54 are angry at David Ortiz being elected, while Bonds, Clemens etc. are still unelected. David Ortiz tested positive himself.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about not caring too much about who's in the actual Hall of Fame. Since the very start it's been horribly inconsistent.
I personally am fine with David Ortiz being elected -I'd also be okay with Bonds etc. But, yeah, it doesn't matter a whole lot.
The David Ortiz thing is tricky. I'll talk about it with you in person.
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