Could Jeter be the first unanimous HOF inductee?

[David T.]

Is there a "true" definition of what a Hall of Famer is?
Cause there is for the word fame....
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fame

Surprised that 6 people honestly believe that he could be voted in unanimously.
David

 

[elmalo]

Well then its a perfect example then since Jeter is one of the most overrated players of this era.

Most overrated of his generation? Hes gonna end up with 3500+ hits and go down as one of the, if not the greatest SS to ever play the game. Who has played the game as consistantly great for the last 17 years? Pudge Rodriguez maybe, and Mariano.

 

[chromerookies]

Jeter, unanimous? LOL

 

[chromerookies]

Most overrated of his generation? Hes gonna end up with 3500+ hits and go down as one of the, if not the greatest SS to ever play the game. Who has played the game as consistantly great for the last 17 years? Pudge Rodriguez maybe, and Mariano.

someone has a man crush on Jetes which is surprising since he's not latin nor italian

 

[D-Lite]

Surprised that 6 people honestly believe that he could be voted in unanimously.
David

Maybe they should be HOF voters.

 

[elmalo]

someone has a man crush on Jetes which is surprising since he's not latin nor italian

Do you use all of the lotion from that gift basket, or do you have a little left?

 

[phillyfan0417]

I hate the yankees.

With that said, you cant be anything but silly looking if you look at what Jeter has done fairly consistently for 17 years and call him overrated.

He will not get in with 100% of the vote but no one ever has or ever will because of a set of backwards thinking writers.

 

[RL24]

Once asked if he thought Henderson was a future Hall of Famer, statistician Bill James replied, "If you could split him in two, you'd have two Hall of Famers."


They didn't split him in half though, and he still got less than 95%.


A few months before Jeter gets put on the ballot, some clown reporter will write a piece about how he's not going to vote for Jeter until the 2nd year he's on the ballot. Not even the stupid writer will be stupid enough to believe he will have a second chance to vote for Jeter, but hey... he'll get all that attention from the national media. It really is a stupid process.

 

[TNP777]

Surprised that 6 people honestly believe that he could be voted in unanimously.
David

it's more surprising that 4 people think he won't even get in on the first ballot

 

[moxacaine]

I was mainly trying to stir the pot. Is Jeter great? Sure but his numbers are inflated due to all the big names the Yankees have bought over the years to hit around him.

 

[Pine Tar]

Not a chance. Too many people hate the Yankees. Plus DJ probably bonked someone's wife anyway...

:lol: :lol: He said bonked

Most overrated of his generation? Hes gonna end up with 3500+ hits and go down as one of the, if not the greatest SS to ever play the game. Who has played the game as consistantly great for the last 17 years? Pudge Rodriguez maybe, and Mariano.

someone has a man crush on Jetes which is surprising since he's not latin nor italian

Must be his slump buster

 

[elmalo]

I was mainly trying to stir the pot. Is Jeter great? Sure but his numbers are inflated due to all the big names the Yankees have bought over the years to hit around him.

But, he isnt the type of hitter that benefits from who is hitting around him. He is the kind of hitter who would hit regardless.

 

[elmalo]

:lol: :lol: He said bonked


Must be his slump buster

Do not call DJ a slump buster. He is nowhere near a slump buster. Heath Bell would be a slump buster. Vincente Padilla would be a slump buster. But not Derek Jeter.

 

[smapdi]

As long as there is no definition of what makes a player a HOFer, there will never be a unanimous electee. No one is all things to all people. And if there was such a definition, people would be elected unanimously or not at all. There wouldn't even be an election.

 

[Krom]

someone has a man crush on Jetes which is surprising since he's not latin nor italian

Que?

 

[bigpapiMA32]

Everyone here is so cynical. If I'm voting the year he's eligible and I get 10 votes and there are 11 guys I think are worthy I'm going to leave off the guy who I know everyone else is voting for. It doesn't have to be someone on an evil mission. Many writers are faced with "only able to pick 10" issues each year.

This is spot on. I don't agree with it, but I'm sure it's a huge factor in the best players ever not being unanimous.

 

[Hendersonfan]

Absolutely not! Babe Ruth was not 100% so no one will be. I thought Rickey would end up with the highest and I think 3 guys didn't vote for him at all. Cy Young didn't even get inon his first try! No way anyone gets 100% if the 3 mentioned didn't as well as the many others that should have been.

 

[D-Lite]

But, he isnt the type of hitter that benefits from who is hitting around him. He is the kind of hitter who would hit regardless.

Also I'm not sure how the guys around you get you more hits, especially as the lead off hitter.

My point with the poll wasn't about who Jeter may be better than or more worthy than. My point was is he the perfect candidate. I just think sentiment around baseball and amongst the writers may work that way in this case. Mariano could be another good candidate, but as a closer he'll for sure not get some votes.

 

[Frow]

Everyone here is so cynical. If I'm voting the year he's eligible and I get 10 votes and there are 11 guys I think are worthy I'm going to leave off the guy who I know everyone else is voting for. It doesn't have to be someone on an evil mission. Many writers are faced with "only able to pick 10" issues each year.

Most people have a good reason for being cynical.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120108&content_id=26288362&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb Here's MLB.com writer's picks. Notice that they only used 72 of 160 possible votes.
http://m.npr.org/story/6768745 - Little piece about one of the two writers that submitted blank ballots during the 2007 HOF Vote