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Old 07-26-2014, 11:49 AM
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Thinking about tomorrow's big day in Cooperstown... and what about next year?
In addition to Biggio, Piazza and Bagwell, who came pretty close, next year's ballot includes Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz, Gary Sheffield, Carlos Delgado and Nomar Garciaparra. I figure Johnson and Martinez should get in on the first ballot. Anyone else have a chance?
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Old 07-26-2014, 12:12 PM
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I would go with Piazza, Smoltz maybe the second or third time around similar to R. Alomar. Biggio probably same as Smoltz.

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Old 07-26-2014, 12:16 PM
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Johnson Martinez and maybe Biggio.
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Johnson, Smoltz, and Martinez...
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I'd bet Johnson, smoltz, and biggio get in. Pedro will have to wait a year because people are stupid and Piazza will stay about where he was last year
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Players will now only stay on the ballot for 10 years, not 15 - with Mattingly, Trammell. and Lee Smith being 'grandfathered' exceptions.

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Pedro, RJ, & Smoltzie should all get in. 2016 will be clear enough for Biggio and perhaps Piazza

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Smoltz should be first ballot. Biggio, ya he has 3000 hits I'd make him wait for the veterans committee.. my honest opinion.
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My votes would be Piazza, Johnson, Martinez and Smoltz.

No way is Biggio a HOFer, he'll probably make it, its already so watered down so who cares if another undeserving player gets in.
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Johnson, Pedro and Piazza deserve to get in. I think Smolts falls a little short.
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My votes would be Piazza, Johnson, Martinez and Smoltz.

No way is Biggio a HOFer, he'll probably make it, its already so watered down so who cares if another undeserving player gets in.
I don't like you. And I hate the Mets! '86 still hurts me to this day. Biggio is very deserving. Piazza is a joke. Only a Mets fan could put Piazza in over Biggio.
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Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz. That's it.
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Piazza did one thing (very) well for a while, while Biggio did everything well for a long long time. Bill James rates Biggio as the 5th greatest 2B in BB history (acknowledging that he also played other demanding defensive positions), and I agree. Among present-day batters, if he isn't a HOFer then nobody is.

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I feel as if Johnson, Martinez, Smoltz, Piazza, and Biggio should and will get in. Being in and near Atlanta for all of Smoltz's career I believe he is a first ballot HOFer; he was a starter then a reliever who set records and then a starter again, he was amazing in the post-season and hit pretty well for a pitcher.
Maybe Piazza and Biggio have questions concerning PEDs , which have never been proven; and possibly inflated stats due to the era in which they played but no one can deny what they did on the field from Piazza's offensive numbers and Biggio's hit totals --something that few people have done. Their stats are there and they should get in this year. Along with the Veterans Committee possibilities it could be a big class in 2015.

One last thought and I have no horse in the race on this one....does Jeff Kent deserve HOF election?
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I hope Biggio gets in. I struck him out in college. That would give me something to brag about...while people roll their eyes.

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Johnson, Pedro and Piazza deserve to get in. I think Smolts falls a little short.
Shootin' from the Hip... My Thoughts Also! However, I'd like to take a Closer Look at Smoltz before I come uP with a Final decision...

Biggio Seems Like a Shoe iN For Me Though!!!
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Kent was an RBI force. I would certainly give him the nod.
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I would say Smoltz a 1st time go, Martinez and Big Unit all get in 1st ballot
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Smoltz and Johnson will get in and I wouldn't be surprised if it's on the first ballot.

Martinez is borderline for me.

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I need to post my standard rant:

Why is LaRussa, a manager whose success was heavily dependent on steroid players, a first ballot HOFer, while the players who made him successful are not getting a whiff? Torre, as well.
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Johnson, Martinez, and Smoltz...
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I took a look at Biggio's stats on baseball reference, and in his era, he dominates in .... plate appearances and hit by pitches ... I think he'll eventually get in because of 3000 hits, but I don't know if he deserves to get in.

I'd vote for Pedro and Randy. I think Smoltz deserves to get in but not on first ballot. Is Piazza known to be clean? I thought there was some doubt. If he's clean, he should go in b/c he was one of the best hitting catchers ever.
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Why is LaRussa, a manager whose success was heavily dependent on steroid players, a first ballot HOFer, while the players who made him successful are not getting a whiff? Torre, as well.
I asked the same thing on another board. And the third guy (Bobby Cox) is a multiple-time spousal abuser.
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Is Piazza known to be clean? I thought there was some doubt. If he's clean, he should go in b/c he was one of the best hitting catchers ever.
is Rickey Henderson KNOWN to be clean? Is Griffey, Jr. KNOWN to be clean?
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Too bad he passed this year, but if Martinez gets the nod in 2015, would have loved to have heard Zim's take on it.
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I need to post my standard rant:

Why is LaRussa, a manager whose success was heavily dependent on steroid players, a first ballot HOFer, while the players who made him successful are not getting a whiff? Torre, as well.
Brilliant post, and I have been wondering the same for a long time now. How can you so readily celebrate the manager who oversaw the likes of McGwire, Canseco, Giambi and all the rest? He knew exactly what was going on, and is somehow not the least bit accountable? Really?

Very best case scenario is that he "turned a blind eye". Worst case is that he supported it, and even instructed them to partake. I think it's a tremendous double-standard, and can't believe it doesn't garner more attention and conversation.
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Brilliant post, and I have been wondering the same for a long time now. How can you so readily celebrate the manager who oversaw the likes of McGwire, Canseco, Giambi and all the rest? He knew exactly what was going on, and is somehow not the least bit accountable? Really?

Very best case scenario is that he "turned a blind eye". Worst case is that he supported it, and even instructed them to partake. I think it's a tremendous double-standard, and can't believe it doesn't garner more attention and conversation.
Meanwhile the owners get a free pass (or even sympathy points from the really ignorant) even though as a group they profited the most BY FAR. Look at what John Moores paid for the Padres vs. what he sold them for. And that's small market. Franchise values skyrocketed when it looked like the '94 strike would "kill baseball". We should all have such ""good timing" as the Steroid era.
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Very good points and all true... But this thread focuses on HOF elections and who belongs/who doesn't. Rob just really hit home with me on the LaRussa thing, as I've been feeling the same for a long time now.

I suppose the owners are no better. But while many of them profited immensely, they aren't being honored/elevated/put on pedestals in the same fashion.

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Why is LaRussa, a manager whose success was heavily dependent on steroid players, a first ballot HOFer, while the players who made him successful are not getting a whiff? Torre, as well.
Pretty simple math really. All managers had some users and some cleans. They had to deal with what they had to work with, fair enough (not discounting payroll inequities, talent differences, etc.) Same as it's always been with Managers. The players who were juiced are being compared to guys who chose to stay clean. That's clearly not fair. Sure, some cheats will get in and some cleans will be "suspect" and not get in. What's new? FWIW if you saw my previous post, it starts with the Owners and just follow the money from there.
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First ballot

Randy Johnson
Pedro Martinez
John Smoltz

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Piazza
Biggio

Will eventually get in
Bagwell

Probably won't get in, but should
Carlos Delgado


John Smoltz might raise a few eyebrows as I have him as a first ballot Hall of Famer. I don't think he gets in on his first ballot, but if I were a voter, I would vote him in on my first ballot. Why? Value. John Smoltz for the entirety of his career was one of the most valuable, if not the most valuable pitchers, in baseball. Whatever the Braves needed from him, he did at an elite level. Start? Ok. He started, was one of the top 5 starters while he did it, winning a Cy Young Award in the process. Two years later he was 4th in the Cy Young voting again as a starter. He was outstanding the rest of the time. You could pencil him in for 15 or 16 wins every year. When you're the best team in your division, and in the National League, for that, teams are going to gun for you.

Then he got hurt, and missed a whole season. He came back the next season, and the Braves handled him with kid gloves. They had him start a few times, and close a few times. The next season, he came back with fury. He was now the best reliever in the game. For the next three seasons, he was Atlanta's closer, totaling 144 saves. Those three seasons, he averaged 48 saves with a 2.47 ERA and a 1.003 WHIP. He'd always been a strikeout pitcher, and he was as a closer, too, averaging a hair under 10 K/9 IP. A man who in 1996 won 24 games and struck out 276 hitters was now tossing up 55 games.

Then they needed him to be a starter again. And for another three years, he was one of the best starters in the game. 44 wins with a 3.22 ERA, and 577 strikeouts.

He played one final season at age 42 split between Boston and St. Louis. That should have never happened. He should have been a Brave for life. Regardless, Smoltz, won 213 games. He saved 154 and struck out 3,084 batters.

No other pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball has won 200 games and saved 150 games. Only Smoltz.

Oh, and I haven't even mentioned his post season play. Smoltzie appeared in 41 post season games, and the Braves won 28 of them. Smoltz himself was 15-4 with 4 saves, with a 2.67 ERA, 199 K in 209 IP. Opponents hit .211 off of him. Their OBP was .284. Their slugging was a paltry .336. The best hitters in baseball put up a .620 OPS against him.

He could hit, too. He won a Silver Slugger Award in 1997. He hit 5 home runs and drove in 61 runs in his career.

If the Hall of Fame honors greatness, I don't know how a pitcher could be greater. He did it all. He did everything his team ever asked of him, and he did it at the highest level possible.
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Cue the specious "the Hall of Fame is way, way watered down" argument that has somehow gained a footing....(only heaven knows why)

Quite simply, if Craig Biggio is not inducted the whole institution lacks any semblance of credibility.

3000+ hits, 400+ stolen bases, nearly 300 home runs, four gold gloves.

If he put up those numbers in New York or Boston he'd be mentioned among the greatest ever and statues would be erected everywhere. As such, a lack of exposure in Houston or having played on perennially great teams hurts him.

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