Renslayer
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Post by Renslayer on Jan 3, 2015 8:34:20 GMT -5
This was a bit harder than I expected. I went with: Bagwell Bonds Clemens Johnson Edgar Martinez Pedro McGwire Mussina Piazza Walker
I wish I had the space for 20 because the dudes I left off have some damn good cases as well
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Post by Biggtone23 on Jan 3, 2015 9:18:12 GMT -5
Bagwell Biggio Johnson Pedro Mattingly (homer vote I know) Mussina Piazza Raines Schilling Smoltz
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stealthamo
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Post by stealthamo on Jan 3, 2015 9:31:42 GMT -5
Thought I posted these the first time around, but I guess I didn't:
Bagwell Biggio Bonds Clemens Johnson E. Martinez P. Martinez Piazza Raines Smoltz
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2015 11:03:02 GMT -5
Bagwell, Biggio, Johnson, E. Martinez, P. Martinez, Piazza, Smoltz
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Post by RI Richmark on Jan 5, 2015 19:16:31 GMT -5
Well the votes are in and it's another shocker. For the second straight year only two people got over the necessary 75% (34.5 votes) to qualify. They are: Randy Johnson. The Big Unit was a clear favorite getting 39 out of the 46 votes (about 85%). Johnson was a 10 time all star and 5 time Cy Young Award winner. His 4,875 career strikeouts are the most for lefthanded pitcher and second only to Nolan Ryan for most ever. and Mike Piazza. Considered by many to be the best hitting catcher of all time, Piazza got 36 votes (around 78%). Piazza's 427 homeruns are the most by any player at the position. He was a 12 time all star and a 10 time silver slugger. Of those who didn't make it, both Roger Clemens & John Smoltz got the closest with 31 votes (around 67%). Amazingly, to me especially, Pedro Martinez, considered by many to be a shoo-in got only 29 votes (around 63%). Craig Biggio got only 27 votes and Barry Bonds got 26. Rich Aurilia, Aaron Boone, Tony Clark, Jermaine Dye, Darin Erstad, Cliff Floyd, Brian Giles, Tom Gordon, Eddie Guardado, Jeff Kent, Troy Percival & Jason Schmidt were named on less than 5% of the ballots (2.3 votes) and should be dropped from future. I may have more to add later but for now, Congratulations to Randy Johnson & Mike Pizzia and good luck to all the nominees in the real vote tommorrow. May the BBWAA be more open than we are. {Spoiler}Seriously, only 63% for Pedro???
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stealthamo
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Post by stealthamo on Jan 5, 2015 19:32:52 GMT -5
So my ballot ended up being the nine guys who got the most votes, and Edgar Martinez. If we weren't limited to ten, I would've voted for Schilling, but not much I can do there.
Also, how in the hell did Pedro get so few votes?
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Post by Duke Delicious on Jan 5, 2015 20:58:09 GMT -5
Both are very deserving but there should have been a few more that got voted in.
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Post by Some Guy on Jan 6, 2015 9:27:02 GMT -5
Umm, seriously? I'm sorry, but anybody who didn't vote for Pedro is utterly wrong. There's no way around that. There should have been 10 guys picked here, so all in all...really poor job
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BRV
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Post by BRV on Jan 6, 2015 21:52:25 GMT -5
See, there are worse voting bodies than the Baseball Writers Association of America.
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