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Baseball's Hall of Fame is a joke!
Posted: 1/13/2009, 2:24 am
by Neil
Ok, so today Ricky Henderson and Jim Rice both were chosen to be inducted into baseball's hall of fame. Applicants have a total of 15 years of being on the ballot. If you do not receive at least 75% of the vote within that 15 years; you'll never make the hall.
Mark "The Human Juicebox" McGuire actually received like 21 percent of the votes this year. Which is 20 more than he deserves. Yet a pitcher by the name of Tommy John who had a freaking sports injury named after him did not make it to the hall. This year was his 15th year and he only got 61 percent.
What......the.................fuck. Kay I'm done. Oh and I hate the Yankees.
Posted: 1/13/2009, 9:55 am
by Dr. Hobo
not that i dont think tommy john isnt necessarily worthy for the hall but to cite the fact that he has a surgery named after him or whatever doesnt necessarily make for hall of fame credentials heh
Posted: 1/13/2009, 10:38 am
by Kicker774
Where are the results?
I wonder how many votes Alan Tramell got.
Posted: 1/13/2009, 12:04 pm
by Neil
Dr. Hobo wrote:not that i dont think tommy john isnt necessarily worthy for the hall but to cite the fact that he has a surgery named after him or whatever doesnt necessarily make for hall of fame credentials heh
Well compared to McGuire and the sway in his stats after he started juicing, I'll consider it an attribute that was overlooked.
P.S. Brian I didn't hear anything on Trammel. I'm sure the percentages of votes received have to be posted somewhere.
Posted: 1/13/2009, 12:07 pm
by Neil
Tramell received 17.4% of votes. Less than McGuire.
Here's the linky from the HOF website.
http://web.baseballhalloffame.org/hofer ... ?year=2009
Posted: 1/13/2009, 12:34 pm
by Kicker774
Yea but Tram received about 100% less media coverage than McGuire did.
A much longer and probably all around more productive career than McGuire.
McGuire was just a first basement most of his career right? Torwards the end probably nothing more than a DH.
Tram was instrumental in turning the 2nd worst team in history to a World Series contender a few short years later.
I'm sure Steve would back me up on this argument.
Posted: 1/13/2009, 1:22 pm
by Dr. Hobo
didnt mcguire start juicing after joining the cards? if so he was never dh while there
oh and neil i agree the whole thing is a sham given mcguire got any votes at all but this is also the same league/hall that refuses to recognize pete roses' achievements and all that