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post #46 of 56
1/13/09 at 5:39pm
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Originally Posted by Ambulance Chaser View Post
I would not be surprised if Cal Ripken, Jr., is a unanimous first-ballot pick even though he wasn't as good a player as Henderson or many other members of the HOF.

Huh? Ripken is already in the the HOF. 537 out of 545 of the ballots cast (98.53%).
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post #47 of 56
1/13/09 at 5:41pm
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Originally Posted by Ambulance Chaser View Post
I would not be surprised if Cal Ripken, Jr., is a unanimous first-ballot pick even though he wasn't as good a player as Henderson or many other members of the HOF.

Ripken is in the HOF already and was not a unanimous pick.

EDIT Zach beat me to it.
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post #48 of 56
1/13/09 at 5:44pm
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Originally Posted by thekunk07 View Post
i don't get that list. george brett is 54 and wade boggs barely makes it? aside from wade boggs higher OPB and BAVG, what's the diff between?
I'm guessing Boggs was a bigger asshole than Brett.
Which simply points out the idiocy of HOF voting. Personalities come into play a lot.
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post #49 of 56
1/13/09 at 5:52pm
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Originally Posted by Dakota rube View Post
I sincerely hope Mark McGwire is never elected to the HOF. Nor Sosa, nor Bonds.

Fine. Then while you're at it, campaign to have Hank Aaron--an admitted drug cheat--removed from the hall.
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post #50 of 56
1/13/09 at 5:58pm
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Originally Posted by thekunk07 View Post
i don't get that list. george brett is 54 and wade boggs barely makes it? aside from wade boggs higher OPB and BAVG, what's the diff between?

I think Brett gets harmed by the fact that he wasn't the best 3rd baseman of his era, let alone all-time.
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post #51 of 56
1/13/09 at 6:00pm
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Originally Posted by Ambulance Chaser View Post
I would not be surprised if Cal Ripken, Jr., is a unanimous first-ballot pick even though he wasn't as good a player as Henderson or many other members of the HOF.

I'll take that bet!
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post #52 of 56
1/13/09 at 7:23pm
testosterone in pill form has been around since the late 40s. i'd like to see it verified that none of the golden/silver age players took any.
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post #53 of 56
1/13/09 at 10:44pm
if they let McGwire in, they'd certainly have to give Pete Rose his due also... I don't see it happening anytime soon.
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post #54 of 56
1/13/09 at 10:46pm
Okay, how about Greg Maddux as the first unanimous first-ballot HOFer?
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post #55 of 56
1/13/09 at 11:14pm
deserves to be, but there's always a dissident or a writer with a grudge.
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post #56 of 56
1/14/09 at 1:12am
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if they let McGwire in, they'd certainly have to give Pete Rose his due also... I don't see it happening anytime soon.

Pete Rose was banned from involvement with professional baseball for gambling. (And the Hall chose to accept this, though it didn't have to).
McGwire was never even suspended for anything.

While I think the Rose exclusion is BS, I fail to see any connection between the two.
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