Comments on: Bob Nightengale’s Hall of Fame ballot is unusual

By: trucker2020

trucker2020 — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:41:28 +0000

PED abusers already hijacked the home run record.If they start putting guys like Bonds,Sosa,Clemons,even Braun & a host of others, these cheaters will have hijacked the Hall of Fame too.

By: stex52

stex52 — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:02:22 +0000

This is bearing out what I have been saying in other notes. The assessment of the sportswriters in Houston during the 2004/2005 timeframe when Bagwell was winding down was that the inability to get to 500 homeruns would hurt him. The ’90′s were perceived as this great power era, and he would be compared to guys like Thomas and Thome who got their 500. Playing in the Astrodome is too many ideas for your average sportswriter to keep in his head at one time.

I hope for the best with Bagwell, but I am more than a little pessimistic.

By: nightrain42

nightrain42 — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:33:45 +0000

I agree with Palmiero, but Bagwell was better than McGriff. And I wldnt hve voted for Morris. The numbers aren’t there.

By: hushbrother

hushbrother — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:44:53 +0000

Another reason not to read USA Today

By: theonlynolan

theonlynolan — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:04:46 +0000

People like this shouldn’t be allowed to vote

By: rooney24

rooney24 — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:52:41 +0000

If he is willing to vote for PED users, I am surprised McGwire wouldn’t be on the ballot. If you want to talk about someone a pitcher would fear to see at the plate.

Maybe he liked Palmeiro based on him getting his 3rd Gold Glove in 1999. You know, when he only started 25 games at 1st base. If the BBWAA are the guys that also give out the Gold Gloves, him getting one that year tells you all you need to know about them.

By: 78mu

78mu — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:51:29 +0000

I’m with you on secret ballots. We aren’t voting for president here.

By: Kanonen80

Kanonen80 — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:47:54 +0000

If a writer is willing to share his logic and opinions leading to his ballot, I have zero issues with who he chooses. I may not agree, but I much prefer this to the writers who keep their votes secret so that they can play politics.

By: 78mu

78mu — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:26:38 +0000

Great! A writer who doesn’t vote against steroid users and then decides that Bagwell’s numbers aren’t good enough.

Palmero never had a season like Bagwell’s 1994 and never had a stretch like Bagwell did from 1993 through 2001. Six of those years Bagwell had an OBP over .400, something Palmero only did once in his career. And Palmero didn’t even have a better career BA for all those writers that worship triple crown stats.

Forgetting PEDs, is there anyone that would rather face Bagwell in his prime than Palmero?

I guess we’ll get more writers keeping Bagwell off their ballots because they suspect him of PEDs and the ones like Nightengale that will vote for juicers will blame Bagwell for not reaching 500 HRs.

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:24:20 +0000

Hmmm…I can’t agree with Palmeiro. It’s the mustache. Always seemed like a dishonest or “I’m hiding something under here” mustache. Something about it always struck me as basically camouflage for a kind of evil…or bad behaviour when no one’s lookin’ kind of thing. That thing’s up to no good. That mustache fails the conduct clause for HOF admission, IMO.

Now Jack Morris’s ‘stache: that’s a righteous set O whiskers. Enshrinement on the facial hair alone for Morris, IMO.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:14:21 +0000

Well, points for trying, I guess?

By: largebill

largebill — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:08:31 +0000

You showed remarkable self control in not demonstrating your well documented Anti-Morris bias. This ballot was ripe for mocking on that vote alone.