Congrats to Randy Johnson, John Smoltz, Pedro Martinez and Craig Biggio

Pinbreaker said:

I enjoyed the interview with Pedro.. Hi-lite for me was when they asked him who the toughest batter he faced in his career, and he answered Edgar Martinez..

Just watched the interviews with Smoltz and Biggio.. "Smoltz - I was knitting a sweater waiting for the call.. "

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aarne13 said:

Some of the writers purposely didn't vote for Pedro and Johnson so they could vote for players not in their Top 10. They figured both would get voted in anyways. Someone turned a blank ballot in while others didn't vote for 10 players. Pedro Gomez (espn) was a total db on twitter trying to defend his weak-ass ballot. Olney didn't turn his ballot in. Too many people trying to make a statement.

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D-Lite said:

And while I don't like it, I totally get the "gaming the ballot", not putting Unit or Pedro on such that you can use those slots for guys you feel need the help, like a Raines or Mussina.

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WCTYSON said:

And it still did not help Carlos Delgado. The man had 473 HR's in his career and was dropped from further consideration after one year.

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gmsieb said:

Who did teams fear more, Biggio or Delgado??

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WCTYSON said:

And it still did not help Carlos Delgado. The man had 473 HR's in his career and was dropped from further consideration after one year.

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D-Lite said:

Mariano Rivera says the same thing, that Edgar was always his toughest out.

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nkdbacks said:

At Randy's press conference at Chase Field today, the first thing he said in his opening statement was essentially a plea to the voters to elect Edgar to the HoF - said he was the best pure hitter he'd ever seen and that he has a lot of ex-teammates he'd love to see in the Hall, but Edgar is number one.

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gmsieb said:

Who did teams fear more, Biggio or Delgado??

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scotty216brs said:

Huge congrats to Smoltz, Pedro, Biggio, and Johnson!! Well deserved for sure....

I'm shocked Delgado only got 20 votes...he had a great career and as far as I'm aware he has never been linked to any PED use. (Doesn't mean he played clean, but in this case it's innocent until proven guilty). One of the most consistent power hitters in his era, you could pencil him in for 35+ HR and 100+ RBI. His OPS+ of 138 is on par with Reggie Jacksons and I would say he [Delagdo] had the better career. What hurts him though is his lack of awards (no MVPs), lack of postseason appearances (only once), and lack of leading the league in offensive statistics (even though he was top 10 in a lot of categories). If I had a ballot he would probably make it on mine at #9 or 10. With that said I didn't expect him to ever get enough votes to get in the HOF, but I at least thought he would get over 5% of the votes to keep him on the ballot.

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bigunitcards said:

2014 Tier One Pedro/RJ Dual On-Card autos /25 were going for $120-$150 at release, both redemption & live card. They dried up for quite awhile and a guy has been listing $250start/$350BIN over & over for 1-2 months with no action. Yesterday they starting biting - it's at $260 & another one was listed is up to $220+.

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