I Can Only Say, Wow

The BBWAA has struck again. The baseball writers had a huge fail today, electing only Andre Dawson to the HOF. Wow. I thought for sure that Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar were shoe-ins. Both were close. And I mean close. Blyleven missed by 5 votes. Alomar missed by 8. Wow. I didn't see that coming. I'd have to think both are in next year, but with the BBWAA, you never know.

And as expected, some boneheads out there cast votes for guys that are so undeserving. Robin Ventura = 7 votes. Ellis Burks = 2 votes. Eric Karros = 2 votes. Kevin Appier = 1 vote. Pat Hentgen = 1 vote. David Segui = 1 vote. David Segui? Really? Wow.

It's a sad day for baseball. A sad day indeed.

Peace, love and Pinstripes,

J-Boogie

HOF Vote Announced Today

Later today, at 2pm EST, the BBWAA will announce who, if anyone, was inducted into the HOF. If I had a vote, I would have voted for the following:

Bert Blyleven
Andre Dawson
Roberto Alomar
Barry Larkin

I think Alomar is a shoe-in and I have a feeling this is Bert's year. I'm not sure Larkin will get in on his 1st ballot and I think Dawson is probably a year away. For my money, they all should be inducted.

As is the case every year, some writers will cast votes for guys that shouldn't receive any votes. If a writer casts a vote for any of the following guys they should have their voting privileges taken away:

Kevin Appier
Andres Galarraga
Pat Hentgen
Mike Jackson
Eric Karros
Ray Lankford
Shane Reynolds
David Segui
Robin Ventura
Todd Zeile
Andy Ashby
Dave Burba
Fernando Vina

Maybe Galarraga shouldn't be on that list. I wouldn't vote for him but I can see him getting a few votes, not enough to keep him on the ballot. Everyone else is a guaranteed one and done.

Peace, love and Pinstripes,

J-Boogie

The 2009 HOF Class

The votes are in!

Congratulations to Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice on being elected to the HOF. Congrats gentleman. I'll see you guys in July.

Andre Dawson and Bert Blyleven fell just short. Dawson was 44 shorts shy, Blyleven 67. Maybe next year fellas. I hope you get there.

Don Mattingly picked up 64 votes, which was about 341 shy of induction. I love Donnie Baseball, but I don't think he's a HOFer. I understand the argument, and i wish I could get behind it, but I can't. It just doesn't work for me.

As I expected, there were a handful of guys who received votes that shouldn't have. Jay Bell got 2 votes. Jesse Orosco got 1 vote. Mo Vaughn got 6. Surprisingly, Ron Gant, Dan Plesac, and Greg Vaughn didn't get any. I'm sorry, but whoever gave these guys a vote needs to get their credentials yanked. There is no way you can justify giving a vote to Jay Bell. And how does Rickey Henderson only pick up 94.8% of the vote. How is he not a unanimous selection? There were 539 ballots cast so that means 28 boneheads didn't vote for Rickey.

Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous.

Peace, love and Pinstripes,

J-Boogie

The HOF Vote

We're moments away from finding out who will make it into the HOF. The question that I have isn't who will get in with Rickey Henderson, but rather who will receive votes that absolutely shouldn't? Every year there seems to be a guy, like Walt Weiss did a year or two ago. This year's list of the undeserving in my opinion are Ron Gant, Dan Plesac, Jay Bell, Jesse Orosco, Greg Vaughn and to a slightly lesser extent, Mark Grace and Mo Vaughn. Now that's not to say that I think everyone else on the ballot deserves to be voted for, but I can understand why people might think they are HOFworthy. But the above 7? They don't deserve even 1 vote in my opinion.

If I had the luxury of casting a ballot, I would have voted for Henderson, Blyleven, Rice, Smith and Dawson. If only I were that lucky.

J-Boogie