Hall of Stats 4 Comments
Glad someone did it. I like it better than the real thing. They inducted 13 from this ballot.
I created the Hall of Stats so we wouldn’t be ignored. And today, the Hall of Stats ...
Jeff Idelson, President of the Baseball Hall of Fame, full of shit 1 Comment
From Joe Posnanski:
“Let’s put it this way,” Idelson says. “Every year I root for someone to be elected. I’m not alone in Cooperstown in that wish. By the same token, I was ...
Even Greg Maddux May Have Trouble Getting Into the Hall of Fame Next Year 63 Comments
Recently, we’ve talked in the comments a little about how much harder it is going to be to get anybody into the Hall of Fame in future ballots because the BBWAA has clogged it ...
Colin Wyers on the Hall of Fame electing no one 36 Comments
Colin Wyers wrote an excellent article for Baseball Prospectus in response to the BBWAA not electing a single player on a ballot that had more than 10 qualified Hall of Famers.
the ...
The worst first ballot hall of famers vs. the best ones not make a 2nd ballot No Comments
Good stuff.
SP Sandy Koufax 50
C Johnny Bench 72
1B Willie McCovey 61
2B Jackie Robinson 59
3B Paul Molitor 73
SS Ozzie Smith 73
LF Lou Brock 43
CF Kirby Puckett 48
RF ...
Hall of Fame ballot updates on BTF No Comments
Repoz has a running total for Hall of Fame ballots. So far, nobody would get in. Biggio and Bagwell are close. Only about 13% of the total ballots from last year so a long way to go ...
Daily Facepalm – 1.13.12 20 Comments