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Yay Sandman!

Discussion in 'General' started by Yzasserina, Jan 22, 2019.

  1. Yzasserina

    Yzasserina sound it out

    Congratulations to Mariano Rivera, the first player to be unanimously elected to the MLB HoF! The only professional sports jersey I own.

    :clap:
     
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  2. mpusch

    mpusch Well-Known Member

    Total no-brainer, well-deserved! As a life-long Yankees fan, him and Jeter were amazing to watch over the years. I was fortunate to be there in Toronto when he tied the save record.
     
  3. fastedyamaha

    fastedyamaha Well-Known Member

    Griffey jr should have been the first unanimous one but no doubt Rivera deserved that honor as well.
     
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  4. Wingnut

    Wingnut Well-Known Member

    When that song came over the speakers and he starts walking in.....lights out!

    Plus he's such a likeable guy.
     
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  5. Sabre699

    Sabre699 Wait...hold my beer.

    As a lifelong RedSox fan I hated seeing him close. He was great.
     
  6. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    OK, hearing stuff like this makes me curious. How does the voting works? Can you vote against someone, or do you just have a certain number of votes and spend them on other people? I'm not into baseball, but I hate everything I know about it. This just sounds like one more thing. I mean, even I know that that guy should be unanimous, and I only know baseball from SportsCenter.
     
  7. dsapsis

    dsapsis El Jefe de los Monos

    Select group of 400 members from the Baseball Writers of America Association. Need 75% of votes to qualify. Only positive votes count. Have ten years on the ballot. There are also some oddball (old-timer's committee) avenues in.
    (Being non-American/non-Carribean, not surprised you don't like basebol; it's an elegant game :D)
     
  8. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    Well, I like football, so I'm not sure it's about geography. A Phillies game at Veterans Stadium was one of the most boring afternoons of my life. :D

    Objectively, why would someone not to vote for Ken Griffey Jr?

    That kind of political BS, the stupid "unwritten" rules, the pace of the game, etc. I'm definitely the wrong spectator for baseball.
     
  9. eggfooyoung

    eggfooyoung You no eat more!

    Elegant? :crackup:

    Anyway, baseballs excitement level is pegged at 0.

    Having said that, I'm signing the boy up to play. Sometimes being a dad is pretty difficult.
     
  10. Dits

    Dits Will shit in your fort.

    You spelled Pete Rose wrong.
     
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  11. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    :stupid:
     
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  12. Boman Forklift

    Boman Forklift Well-Known Member

    Me too, I still think they should put Pete Rose in, it's a joke he isn't.
     
  13. Motofun352

    Motofun352 Well-Known Member

    Local guy, Mike Musina, got voted in. Unlike some of you feriners, Baseball is America's game. Getting into the HoF is a big deal and not easy.
     
  14. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    Can one voter vote for everyone that's on the ballot in a single year, or is there a limit? Could everyone on the ballot get in on the same year and clear the backlog?
     
  15. Dits

    Dits Will shit in your fort.

    Each elector can vote for ten candidates in each given year. A candidate must be up-voted by at least 75% of the electors to get into the HOF.
     
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  16. mpusch

    mpusch Well-Known Member

    I threw a crappy knuckle curve for a little while because of him :D
     
  17. dsapsis

    dsapsis El Jefe de los Monos

    Since a member only gets a limited (10) votes to cast on a ballot, and I would think some folks would chose not to enter someone like KG Jr. because he's a slam dunk, and they want to promote some more marginal candidate.
     
  18. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    Yeah, I guess that makes sense given the limit. But that opens the door for some potentially stupid situations. What if 30% of them had thought that the others would be voting for Ken Griffey?
     
  19. Dits

    Dits Will shit in your fort.

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  20. dsapsis

    dsapsis El Jefe de los Monos

    I was guessing with my idea; reading the article was insightful. It brought to light the past practice often used of not voting for a sure-pick on first year eligibility. How else to explain Willy Mays being excluded from 24 ballots?
    But like most things, things change. The Rivera result will probably usher in a bunch (well, some) of full-consensus picks. Who here want's to guess the next one? I think Jeter will miss a couple, mostly based on missteps as an owner.
     

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