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 | |
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* Final year of eligibility. |
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Poll
Which former White Sox should get the nod?
Baines (17 votes)
Raines, Sr. (15 votes)
Alomar, Roberto (14 votes)
Owens (5 votes)
51 total votes




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