SSS HoF Class of 2010
by U-God on Dec 9, 2009 6:24 PM CST
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PrintIt's been one week since the ballot was posted, and here are the results, including everyone's individual ballot. remember, this is just like the real ballot, meaning a player's name needed to appear on 75% of the submitted ballots (and no, voting for the same player multiple times on the same ballot does not count for multiple votes. Find out who (if anyone) made the cut and became our first batch of SSS Hall of Famers after the jump.
Accounting for the people who submitted two ballots, I assume the first time looking at the ballot confused them which is why they submitted a blank ballot and then immediately returned one with names. I will throw out the blank ballot. So all in all we had 126 people participate. Thank you everyone who took the time. 94.5 votes were necessary for induction, and for simplicity's sake, I will round this up to 95. On the flip side of this, appearing on less than seven ballots will get a player removed. Here is the breakdown of votes by player:
Roberto Alomar: 91 votes (72.2%)
Kevin Appier: 2 votes (1.6%)
Harold Baines: 63 votes (50%)
Bert Blyleven: 82 votes (65.1%)
Ellis Burks: 5 votes (3.97%)
Andres Galarraga: 8 votes (6.34%)
Mike Jackson: 3 votes (2.38%)
Ray Lankford: 0 votes (0%)
Barry Larkin: 63 votes (50%)
Edgar Martinez: 47 votes (37.%)
Fred McGriff: 21 votes (16.6%)
Mark McGwire: 40 votes (31.7%)
Alan Trammell: 32 votes (25.4%)
So in our first crack at this, no one made the Hall of Fame. This is kind of a bummer to me, as there were many votes that just had two players names on them repeated multiple times. Next year, I plan on just throwing ballots like that out. Our top three were Alomar, Blyleven, and Raines, who were 4, 13, and 17 votes away from enshrinement respectively. Kevin Appier, Ellis Burks, Pat Hentgen, Mike Jackson, Eric Karros, Ray Lankford, Shane Reynolds, David Segui, and Todd Zeile all failed to gather enough votes to stay on the ballot.
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Roberto spits in our collective face
We are as bad as Joe Morgan
Every good port begins with a slut.
- homesickalien
Don Mattingly and Alomar
Yep. Worthless 2 votes and nothing else!
The world needs the Jedi now more than ever
Actually seems a lot of people voted for Mattingly
Failures.
The world needs the Jedi now more than ever
Interesting.
I would not be surprised if no one is elected by the writers this year either. I think Dawson and Blyleven have their best shot this year. Alomar will get a lot of support but I doubt he is first ballot worthy.
piss up a rope fuckstick ...................by hoodlight
U-God,
Don’t know if you’re busy with finals or not, but would you mind running the numbers with thrown out (non-serious) ballots?
-Jeeves Life in the Cell
Yeah, just slightly below average in LF....I swear.
Tigers, Four Others Interested In Podsednik
Scott Podsednik has a new suitor, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. The Tigers, who just traded away their regular center fielder, join the White Sox, Cubs, Giants and Royals in the hunt for Podsednik’s services. As Rosenthal says, Podsednik can play center or left and lead off. He could give the Tigers depth while Austin Jackson develops.
The 33-year-old Podsednik hit .304/.353/.412 last year in 587 plate appearances for the White Sox, splitting his time between left and center. He was slightly below average as an outfielder, according to UZR/150.
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
rofl rofl rofl
As Rosenthal says, Podsednik can play center or left and lead off.
Rosenthal says Podsednik can play center or left?
someone anal fuck me.
"you should go back to your cowardly practice of offering no opinion of your own."
-picktoclick
by Where Triples Go to Die on Dec 10, 2009 4:31 AM CST reply actions
Re HOF voting.
Here’s what I don’t get:
WU, Mick, et al, those who saw Blyleven pitch, say he doesn’t belong. OK, maybe that’s a perception they share with the actual older voters. But what possible excuse could the younger SSSers have for ignoring the numbers? If you never saw the guy, aren’t the numbers overwhelming on their own?
"his ballerness could not be stoped which rose his era to 5.42 "
his circles are sloppy and elliptical. maybe with a little more practice, he'd get into the HoF instead of the HoVG.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Dec 10, 2009 12:23 PM CST up reply actions
what about a SSS Member HOF voting?
i vote for SoB.
12/12/07- We'll miss you Andy Gonzalez
ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark tweeted Wednesday night that “After Yanks dealt for Curtis Granderson, the Royals checked in to see if Brett Gardner was available to plug their CF opening.”
The Royals are in the market for a center fielder since free agent Coco Crisp is expected to sign elsewhere. Gardner would represent a reasonably-priced alternative in KC.
Rather than kicking tires on Crisp, Pierre, Pods or whoever else the media suggests we should sign, why not take a shot at Gardner? He actually has decent numbers and UZR (albeit in a small sample size in the majors) and is cost controlled and cheap for a while. His K:BB ratio is consistently good in the minors and majors and is OBP isn’t too shabby either. Anyway, depending on the cost, I’d rather try him than the three listed above(if he’s actually available).
I thought we acquired Rios to play CF.
And without power, I don’t want him in a corner.
"his ballerness could not be stoped which rose his era to 5.42 "
I agree
But if Kenny is deadset in acquiring a “Leadoff Hitter Type” I would rather take a gamble on Gardner than any of those other guys that have been mentioned.
HOF votes
not that it mattered, but didn’t “rounding up” screw Nellie Fox when he was .5% short? Sox fans should learn from that and round down.
rounding down
wouldn’t have made a difference here. alomar still would have been short.
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by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
Nice Spread
U-God
I noticed that I had a blank on vote 7, did I accidentally do a double dip or leave it blank?
Hell Yesss
by Grinder Rule #42 on Dec 11, 2009 11:06 AM CST reply actions
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