soxsoxsoxsox Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 6, 2016 -> 08:58 PM) One of the non-Griffey ballots. Fantastic trolling job. Marc Maturo - Lifetime Honorary - Bonds Clemens Raines seems to be misinformation he's not a voter https://twitter.com/officialBBWAA/status/684913463660015616 Edited January 7, 2016 by buhbuhburrrrlz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Jan 6, 2016 -> 08:03 PM) seems to be misinformation he's not a voter Dang. Got that from a friend. Edit - He just sent me this: ... apparently that was from somebody who got purged from the voter rolls and the BBWAA site f***ed up by posting it. GG BBAA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 So is my unopened copy of Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball for Nintendo 64 worth more now? I'd like to retire, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Pretty emotional for me. I've now seen my favorite white sox player ever (Big Frank) and my favorite overall player ever (Griffey Jr.) get in in consecutive years. He was the reason I emulated his stance and batted lefty, played CF, etc. Pretty cool I got to see him wear the sox uni also. Thanks for my childhood Griffey Jr. and congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3GamesToLove Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 06:25 AM) Pretty emotional for me. I've now seen my favorite white sox player ever (Big Frank) and my favorite overall player ever (Griffey Jr.) get in in consecutive years. Pssst...Frank was inducted in '14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Dan LeBatard's troll job on twitter last night about being one of the people who did not vote for Griffey was hilarious. Some of the responses from people (and he retweeted a ton of them) were gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Am I alone in liking the history that nobody gets 100%? Griffey certainly was a great player but for him to be the only player to ever get 100% kind of doesn't feel right. The story that he was the only player to ever get 100% would be.....I don't really know how to explain it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 10:28 AM) Am I alone in liking the history that nobody gets 100%? Griffey certainly was a great player but for him to be the only player to ever get 100% kind of doesn't feel right. The story that he was the only player to ever get 100% would be.....I don't really know how to explain it. It doesn't make sense NOT to vote for Griffey, but there are a couple things that I don't get upset about at all: 1- This issue. A few weirdos out of 440 didn't vote for him. Big deal. If they didn't take away privileges away from 100 voters, he wouldn't have gotten 98% probably, so it's improving. 2- Buddy votes. If you don't want David Eckstein to get a vote, don't put him on the ballot at all. Edited January 7, 2016 by flavum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Ken Griffey Jr. is “the second-best left-handed hitting, left-handed throwing outfielder ever born in Donora, Pennsylvania on November 21.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 10:42 AM) It doesn't make sense NOT to vote for Griffey, but there are a couple things that I don't get upset about at all: 1- This issue. A few weirdos out of 440 didn't vote for him. Big deal. If they didn't take away privileges away from 100 voters, he wouldn't have gotten 98% probably, so it's improving. 2- Buddy votes. If you don't want David Eckstein to get a vote, don't put him on the ballot at all. The one plausible scenario I have seen is if a guy had 11 names he wanted to vote for, he could have left Griffey off knowing he was getting in and used his 10 votes for the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 10:47 AM) The one plausible scenario I have seen is if a guy had 11 names he wanted to vote for, he could have left Griffey off knowing he was getting in and used his 10 votes for the others. Right, although I haven't heard anyone come forward and say that's what they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 10:49 AM) Right, although I haven't heard anyone come forward and say that's what they did. I haven't seen any reason given for any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I would love to have been able to say that I cast a ballot for Ken Griffey Jr. to be in the hall of fame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 10:44 AM) Ken Griffey Jr. is “the second-best left-handed hitting, left-handed throwing outfielder ever born in Donora, Pennsylvania on November 21.” What a great article. I love those "relating eras" pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 10:47 AM) The one plausible scenario I have seen is if a guy had 11 names he wanted to vote for, he could have left Griffey off knowing he was getting in and used his 10 votes for the others. I wonder if it is the voter who voted for Eckstein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 11:01 AM) I wonder if it is the voter who voted for Eckstein. When David Eckstein is on a ballot, you can't pass up that chance to vote for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I mentioned new guys next year- Ivan Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez, and Vlad Guerrero. Guess I should have included Jorge Posada too, but I hope he falls off quick. Omar Vizquel is going to be an interesting case in a few years. He has so much support for whatever reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Whoever left Griffey off the ballot, no matter what the reason, shouldn't be voting for the HOF. No unanimous entrants ever is a joke. Griffey should have been, but he also should have been nowhere near the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmaranz Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I thought it was pretty amazing that the highest and lowest drafted hall of famers are going in together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 11:03 AM) I mentioned new guys next year- Ivan Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez, and Vlad Guerrero. Guess I should have included Jorge Posada too, but I hope he falls off quick. Omar Vizquel is going to be an interesting case in a few years. He has so much support for whatever reason. Posada will be around for awhile due to the yankee championship ties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 11:53 AM) What a great article. I love those "relating eras" pieces. yeah, that was a real delight while having coffee this morning. Front page. Got to that quote and thought awesome. Glad someone else enjoyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Did not realize this. Don't be fooled by the percentages. The chances of Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds making the Hall of Fame didn't necessarily improve with the results of the 2016 voting, which were announced Wednesday. Yes, the respective percentages of both former greats jumped, Clemens from 37.6 percent to 45.2 and Bonds from 36.8 percent to 44.3. But both are still well short of the 75 percent minimum needed for induction -- and both actually received seven fewer raw votes than they did a year ago from the eligible members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The percentage increases for Clemens and Bonds, then, were something of an illusion -- and almost directly attributable to the Hall’s decision last July to eliminate voters who were more than 10 years removed from actively covering the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 01:58 PM) Did not realize this. 7 fewer total votes, but about 100 less people voting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shysocks Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 It does point to their gains being a 1-time thing though. We won't see a clearout of the voting body like that every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 03:03 PM) 7 fewer total votes, but about 100 less people voting. I'd say it's not an unfair guess that 100 people who were cleared out due to not having covered MLB in >10 years would probably be a group particularly strongly biased against the roiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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