This Hall of Fame ballot, organized by category, perfectly encapsulates my thinking on the eligible players. Really, I could probably avoid writing the three dozen Hall of Fame posts I plan on doing this winter simply by linking to this thing each time a guy’s name comes up. I won’t, but I could.
Wezen-Ball does it again. lar is awesome like that.
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- BC - Dec 3, 2010 at 11:02 AM
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I’m thinking Blyleven and Alomar get in. Bagwell will be an interesting one to watch.
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- nps6724 - Dec 3, 2010 at 11:06 AM
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I’d say spot-on.
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- yankees1996 - Dec 3, 2010 at 11:40 AM
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I tend to agree with Larkin, Alomar and Blyleven.
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- Mark Armour - Dec 3, 2010 at 12:35 PM
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A pretty good ballot, though I would move Blyleven up to the “I will harm you” section
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- BC - Dec 3, 2010 at 12:41 PM
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I’m not sure about Larkin. Check this out:
Player A: .295, 198 HR, 960 RBI, 370 SB, 2340 Hits, 3 Gold Gloves, 1 MVP
Player B: .299, 130 HR, 781 RBI, 622 SB, 2428 Hits, 4 Gold Gloves
Player C: .294, 170 HR, 980 RBI, 808 SB, 2605 Hits
Player A is Larkin. Player B is Kenny Lofton. Player C is Tim Raines. Lofton and Raines aren’t getting in, so I wouldn’t put Larkin in either.
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- Mark Armour - Dec 3, 2010 at 12:52 PM
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Frankly, Lofton has a hell of a case. He’s not on the ballot yet, so we don’t have to fret about it.
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- Kevin S. - Dec 3, 2010 at 1:43 PM
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And Raines is one of the most woefully overlooked candidates. The fact that voters are snubbing him doesn’t mean they should be snubbing another deserving candidate as well.
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- BC - Dec 3, 2010 at 1:58 PM
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Its amazing how close the three guys are. I actually thought Larkin’s BA would be about 15 points higher and that he would have more home runs.
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- mrfloydpink - Dec 3, 2010 at 3:49 PM
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Um, yeah. Larkin was a shortstop.
