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...today's the day.
"The 16-person committee will meet on Sunday, then vote Monday only hours before the 11 a.m. PT announcement." 2pm EST........
I really have no sense as to who, if anyone, will get the 12 votes.
Pretty crazy to miss by one vote!
I don't like these elections held decades after the player retired, unless it's for an overlooked ***** Leaguer.
Why are players like Dick Allen, Tony Oliva, Jim Kaat and Gil Hodges still candidates, when they weren't worthy during 15 years on the HOF ballot, and another 20-40 years on Veteran's Committee ballots?
For instance, today Dick Allen came only one vote short of being elected, yet he never received more than 19% of the vote on any HOF ballot.
Now he's suddenly worthy by 69% of voters today?
I was really hoping to see Tony Oliva get in. I'm a huge fan of his and I never got to see him play, but the couple of interactions I've had with him and just looking at his stats I think he deserves it
Eh, not really, since you're comparing first basemen, which Allen only played 807 games (of his total of 1722 games)How we value a player is changing. Would it surprise you to learn that Allen is one of the best run creators from his position in MLB history, with the likes of Mize and Greenberg?
Eh, not really, since you're comparing first basemen, which Allen only played 807 games (of his total of 1722 games)
And he ranks 150th all-time in career runs created, behind guys like Brian Downing, Moises Alou and Brian Giles, so that stat doesn't hold much Hall of Fame value to me.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/RC_career.shtml
I don't like these elections held decades after the player retired, unless it's for an overlooked ***** Leaguer.
Why are players like Dick Allen, Tony Oliva, Jim Kaat and Gil Hodges still candidates, when they weren't worthy during 15 years on the HOF ballot, and another 20-40 years on Veteran's Committee ballots?
For instance, today Dick Allen came only one vote short of being elected, yet he never received more than 19% of the vote on any HOF ballot.
Now he's suddenly worthy by 69% of voters today?