12-04-2022, 10:14 AM
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Peter Spaeth
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Originally Posted by Misunderestimated
The 16 voters are players: Chipper Jones, Greg Maddux, Jack Morris, Ryne Sandberg, Lee Smith, Frank Thomas, and Alan Trammell,; Executives Paul Beeston, Theo Epstein, Arte Moreno, Kim Ng, Dave St. Peter, and Ken Williams; and historian/experts: Steve Hirdt, LaVelle Neal and Susan Slusser.
Some of those on this list (Sandberg, Thomas, Morris, and Williams etc) are on the record that they would never support PED candidates. That makes Bonds, Clemens and Palmeiro long shots.
Schilling has been a pretty terrible person since he finished his career. He alienated/insulted the writers when they were voting. He's probably got a good shot with this group unless they are worried about what he will say at his induction and that it might degrade the event and the HOF in general.
I also think McGriff has good odds with this electorate.
My choices would be Bonds, Clemens, and Palmeiro, in that order.
They are all solid candidates and none of them would meaningfully diminish the caliber of HOF.
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Maybe Jack Morris should vote himself out.
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