Next HOF vote announcement January 21

[Peter_Spaeth]

I'm ready.

[packs]

I think over time Ichiro will become one of the toughest HOF autographs to pick up. I don't really see him ever hitting the show circuit:

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by packs

I think over time Ichiro will become one of the toughest HOF autographs to pick up. I don't really see him ever hitting the show circuit:

sweet card

[conor912]

It’s surreal to me that players from the shiny card era are now Hall of Fame eligible!

[mrreality68]

Just announced

Ichiro Made it but not 100% some idiot voter did not vote for him
Sabathia Made It
Wagner Made it
Beltran fell short
Jones fell short

[brianp-beme]

Here are the votes for all candidates:

The vote: Ichiro Suzuki 393 (99.7%), CC Sabathia 342 (86.8), Billy Wagner 325 (82.5), Carlos Beltrán 277 (70.3), Andruw Jones 261 (66.2), Chase Utley 157 (39.8), Álex Rodríguez 146 (37.1), Manny Ramírez 135 (34.3), Andy Pettitte 110 (27.9), Félix Hernández 81 (20.6), Bobby Abreu 77 (19.5), Jimmy Rollins 71 (18.0), Omar Vizquel 70 (17.8), Dustin Pedroia 47 (11.9), Mark Buehrle 45 (11.4), Francisco Rodríguez 40 (10.2), David Wright 32 (8.1), Torii Hunter 20 (5.1), Ian Kinsler 10 (2.5), Russell Martin 9 (2.3), Brian McCann 7 (1.8), Troy Tulowitzki 4 (1.0), Curtis Granderson 3 (0.8), Adam Jones 3 (0.8), Carlos González 2 (0.5), Hanley Ramírez 0, Fernando Rodney 0, Ben Zobrist 0.


Brian

[JollyElm]

Just started reading this thread, so I have to ask.

We watched his entire career, so when Andruw Jones was playing, did anyone (possibly outside of big Braves fans) think of him as a Hall of Famer?? Even with his Gold Gloves, I don't know a single person who did.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

The vote: Ichiro Suzuki 393 (99.7%), CC Sabathia 342 (86.8), Billy Wagner 325 (82.5), Carlos Beltrán 277 (70.3), Andruw Jones 261 (66.2), Chase Utley 157 (39.8), Álex Rodríguez 146 (37.1), Manny Ramírez 135 (34.3), Andy Pettitte 110 (27.9), Félix Hernández 81 (20.6), Bobby Abreu 77 (19.5), Jimmy Rollins 71 (18.0), Omar Vizquel 70 (17.8), Dustin Pedroia 47 (11.9), Mark Buehrle 45 (11.4), Francisco Rodríguez 40 (10.2), David Wright 32 (8.1), Torii Hunter 20 (5.1), Ian Kinsler 10 (2.5), Russell Martin 9 (2.3), Brian McCann 7 (1.8), Troy Tulowitzki 4 (1.0), Curtis Granderson 3 (0.8), Adam Jones 3 (0.8), Carlos González 2 (0.5), Hanley Ramírez 0, Fernando Rodney 0, Ben Zobrist 0.

Adam Jones getting 3 and Hanley 0 seems the thing most wrong with this. Torii Hunter just barely holds onto the ballot again.

[tod41]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Here are the votes for all candidates:

The vote: Ichiro Suzuki 393 (99.7%), CC Sabathia 342 (86.8), Billy Wagner 325 (82.5), Carlos Beltrán 277 (70.3), Andruw Jones 261 (66.2), Chase Utley 157 (39.8), Álex Rodríguez 146 (37.1), Manny Ramírez 135 (34.3), Andy Pettitte 110 (27.9), Félix Hernández 81 (20.6), Bobby Abreu 77 (19.5), Jimmy Rollins 71 (18.0), Omar Vizquel 70 (17.8), Dustin Pedroia 47 (11.9), Mark Buehrle 45 (11.4), Francisco Rodríguez 40 (10.2), David Wright 32 (8.1), Torii Hunter 20 (5.1), Ian Kinsler 10 (2.5), Russell Martin 9 (2.3), Brian McCann 7 (1.8), Troy Tulowitzki 4 (1.0), Curtis Granderson 3 (0.8), Adam Jones 3 (0.8), Carlos González 2 (0.5), Hanley Ramírez 0, Fernando Rodney 0, Ben Zobrist 0.


Brian

The last guy I wanted on the mound when the games really counted was Billy Wagner. You can go on about his stats but its like a kicker in football who is great in the regular season but gets the yips in the playoffs. That was Wagner all the time.

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by packs

I think over time Ichiro will become one of the toughest HOF autographs to pick up. I don't really see him ever hitting the show circuit:

He was until about 5 years ago. He and Griffey signed heavily for Mill Creek and both do private signings with Seattle shops a couple times a year. I also see a lot of consignments get completed around Seattle’s ST.

[Kaneen]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

He was until about 5 years ago. He and Griffey signed heavily for Mill Creek and both do private signings with Seattle shops a couple times a year. I also see a lot of consignments get completed around Seattle’s ST.

Mill Creek Sports sent out an email this afternoon congratulating Ichiro on making the Hall, and thanking him for the exclusive memorabilia signing partnership they've had with him since 2004...20 years now. I got my baseball signed by him through Mill Creek probably 15 years ago. So he has pretty much always been available if you were willing to pay.