Posted By:
john/z28jdAdam,there will be people who for some unknown reason will only look at negatives and say if so and so didnt make it unanimous i'll find a reason Tony Gwynn or Cal Ripken isnt the first.
They might say Gwynn was a singles hitter who didnt walk much and only once led the league in on base % despite 8 batting titles and he also never won the world series,so im keeping him off my ballot
Obviously if you only look at negatives then Gwynn doesnt look as great but thats the reasoning a few guys will use to say he cant be the first 100% guy
They could also look at Zack Wheat and say,hey hes the most comparable player in history to Gwynn and the highest % of votes he ever got was 22% and thats over a 20 year span!!! Why should a guy who put up similar stats make it in on his first try,especially not be the first perfect one.
Basically,the first voters ruined it for everyone else and you know Gwynn will make it the first ballot but he wont be 100%