Just think how much fun it would be to have a have a vote for the MLB Hall of Fame. There are many deserving candidates on the list this year as there are every year but this years ballot seems extraordinarily loaded. You have three pitchers with 300+ wins, you have five hitters with 500+ home runs, two players with 3,000+ hits, a player with 800+ stolen bases and a closer with 478 saves.
According to MLB HOF rules, electors may vote for as few as zero (0) and as many as ten (10) eligible candidates deemed worthy of election. Write-in votes are not permitted.
Any candidate receiving votes on seventy-five percent (75%) of the ballots cast shall be elected to membership in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Voting shall be based upon the player’s record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played.
For me that is where the “kicker” comes in to play. The words integrity and character are specifically mentioned in the voting rules. I know that not all the players in the Hall are saints but what is in the past is not something I can change. If I had a vote today I could not vote for players that have been accused of cheating. I know all about innocent until proven guilty but that is not how things really are in life. These players that are being accused of cheating are hiding behind the veil of time and waiting for time to pass by. If these players were really innocent, I think they would be putting forth some effort to show that they are innocent. Come on, step up and show me why you should not be lumped in with that bunch of cheaters. When and if the Hall decided that Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose can be enshrined in the Hall, I will be open to placing a vote for players like Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Rafael Palmeiro. Until then, these guys have to wait on the bench.
The Twins Trivia Hall of Fame ballot for 2013 would look like this.
Congratulations to Joe Torre, Bobby Cox, and Tony LaRussa on their election to the Hall of Fame.
So you will not vote for players who took PEDs, but congratulate the manager of the pioneering PED team who stole AL West Championships from the Twins, the A’s and the team of the juicing McGwire (at least) the Cardianls, Tony LaRussa, who if not encouraging his players to do PEDs, he turned the other way.
So what gives?
Either all out, but cannot have the manager in and the player out.
Thrylos98,
The A’s never stole anything from Minnesota, both team got exactly as they deserved. Let me ask you this. You are the manager in a retail store and some inventory shows as missing from time to time. Does that mean that you encouraged or turned a blind eye to your employees stealing? Your rule apparently is all in or all out, fortunately I don’t have that strict an interpertation.