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Baines Raines on Alomar



So last year Harold Baines and Tim Raines stole a few votes from Roberto Alomar leaving him robbed of the 75% needed by just 1.3%. This year all three are back again, with Harold barely making the cut of a 5% minimum endorsement.

 

As noted Roberto fell just short but he has 14 more chances. Timmy came up meh with just over 30%, and poor poor Harold would be a shoe in but Jerry blames himself.

"What really has bothered me for a long time is that if we hadn't traded him, he would have his 3,000 hits and he would be a lock for the Hall of Fame," said Reinsdorf, who oversaw Baines' trade to Texas on July 29, 1989, and to Baltimore on July 29, 1997. "We traded him twice and into bad situations where he was a platoon player.

"If he stayed with us, he would have gone over 3,000 hits. If he doesn't get in, it would really bug me. I talk to him about it, and he just shrugs it off."

The list this year is seemingly hollow of any All-Time Super Stars who's names wouldn't have question marks or asterisks with their would be induction should they win (I'm looking at you McGwire and Palmeiro), but my interest pretty much lays with in the organization that we all love, and sometimes hate. Out of the three listed, who is the most deserving? My vote if, I had one would go to Baines. Out of the entire list, who do you think will get the honors, who should get the honors?

2011 Hall of Fame ballot
Name 2010 Votes
Roberto Alomar 397 (73.7%)
Carlos Baerga
Jeff Bagwell
Harold Baines 33 (6.1%)
Bert Blyleven 400 (74.2%)
Bret Boone
Kevin Brown
John Franco
Juan Gonzalez
Marquis Grissom
Lenny Harris
Bobby Higginson
Charles Johnson
Barry Larkin 278 (51.6%)
Al Leiter
Edgar Martinez 195 (36.2%)
Tino Martinez
Don Mattingly 87 (16.1%)
Fred McGriff 116 (21.5%)
Mark McGwire 128 (23.7%)
Raul Mondesi
Jack Morris 282 (52.3%)
Dale Murphy 63 (11.7%)
John Olerud
Rafael Palmeiro
*Dave Parker 82 (15.2%)
Tim Raines 164 (30.4%)
Kirk Rueter
Benito Santiago
Lee Smith 255 (47.3%)
B.J. Surhoff
Alan Trammell 121 (22.4%)
Larry Walker
Note: 75% required for enshrinement. Results announced Jan. 5, 2011

* Final year of eligibility.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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