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My Hall of Fame ballot

January
2

The newest Hall of Fame class will be announced next week. Here’s who was on my ballot:

Goose Gossage: A dominant closer when saves meant something.

Jim Rice: He dominated as his position for a long time.

Bert Blyleven: He has the numbers.

Tommy John: I don’t care how long he played, 288 wins is damn good.

Alan Trammell: One of the three who turned shortstop into an offensive position. Cal Ripken and Robin Yount were the others.

Tim Raines: Maybe the second best leadoff hitter of all time.

Did not vote for Mark McGwire because of the steroid issuem

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 at 3:57 pm by John Delcos.
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15 Responses to “My Hall of Fame ballot”

  1. dave

    What about Dawson?

  2. scoopcoop

    JD, glad to see you didn't vote for steroids. Will you vote for Clemens or Bonds?

    For Santana nuts like me….....In a post to Seth Speaks, a Twins blog, Seth Stohs writes..“If the Mets would offer Carlos Gomez, Mike Pelfrey OR Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey and one other prospect, I think that the Twins would have to consider it. If that prospect was Deolis Guerra, they would be silly to say no.”

    I'll say it again….MUTS won't pull trigger b/c of the $ not the players ot be given up…

  3. Annie Savoy

    John – You read my mind. I agree with them all.

  4. Scott from Pelham

    Happy to see Trammell on the list. A great Shortstop who too many have already forgotten because he played his whole career
    in Detroit.

  5. OMAR PADILLA

    Forgotten in Detroit??? You mean like Al Kaline???

    If you are good enough you ain't forgotten. Except for the ESPN stupid heads who only know The Bronx and Fenway.

  6. Benny Ayala

    Where's Brady Anderson?

  7. Billy

    I know he is no longer on the ballot, but Jerry Kooseman deserves some consideration…...

    The Mets should at least retire his number…...

  8. OMAR PADILLA

    Retire a number??? Numbers won't be retired until the new park is empty, and the Wilpons are desperate for a large crowd, so not until 2011 or so, then you'll see Keith, Carter, Koos etc unless Omar regains his guts and keeps the team competitive, then you'll have to wait for new ownership.

  9. dave crockett

    McGwire wasn't any more productive than a number of his contemporaries, steroids or not. I wasn't sold on his candidacy prior to the steroids controversy. I think Tim Marchman's column makes the point quite well.

    http://www.nysun.com/article/46011

  10. John Delcos

    Will not vote for Clemens or Bonds. I have to be consistent about my stance.-JD

  11. Scott from Pelham

    Dave Crockett

    Marchman's column is great.

    He is a great read and has a very unique perspective
    about baseball. I try to read his column everyday.

  12. clm

    JD

    Good for you on the steroids. Too many will say that they deserve to go in because of prior work. Once your tainted your tainted forever. Keep 'em out. It used to bother me know end that Clemens was getting more Cy Youngs than Seaver and others of that era. Now we all know why. And he can say what he wants about this, and I know innocent until proven guilty, but if I was accused and given a chance to clear my name and was innocent, you can bet your last ruble that I would be sitting in front of Mitchell telling him it aint me, babe.

    Well enough of my rant. We all have shortcomings in life but many that lost out, on jobs, rings, whatever, did so because these guys cheated. That's where the real crime is.

  13. RollingWave

    The difference is if Mac's HR # were down significantly they'd he'd be very borderline at best. Bonds and Clemens essentially sealed their immortality before they left their first team.

    Look, Clemens won 3 CY and a MVP for the Red Sox and Bonds won 3 strait MVP for the Pirates (And first year Giant) . those two alone will get you in the hall easily and they were clearly not juied back then. even without the juice Bonds was a top 5 all time hitter. with it he's best all time.. by a very large margin. (comparable OPS+ to the Babe but wins big time in steals and was a great glove until he got old)

  14. Tweeter Gammons

    How you can choose Alan Trammell over Andre Dawson is beyond me.

  15. Dan Gurney

    Actually didn't Ernie Banks and Vern Stephens show that shortstop could be an offensive position? Or Honus Wagner?

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