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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Ryan Christoff
The Negro Leagues HOF ballot is out. Pretty interesting: |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Rhys
You never know who will be elected on votes like this. Ryan knows more than me about the Negro Leagues but I have a hunch that this is the year for the first female baseball hall of famer. I am thinking Effa Manley will be a baseball Hall of Famer by the end of Winter. There are probably more worthy candidates, but the Hall would get some good publicity from this and nobody would object. I would personally vote for Cristobal Torriente, but I would be willing to place even money on Effa Manley. |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Chad
As well as Cum Posey. Which makes me wonder where Gus Greenlee is, too. I think Torriente, Hill, Mackey, O'Neill, Ray Brown and Charles Grant all have excellent chances. The question, really, is how many players on the ballot will the committee feel comfortable voting for? Mule Suttles is a shoo-in, too, I think. Dick Lundy I'm confident about as well. I'll be sacrificing goats to try to convince the committee to vote for Oms, but it's just wishful thinking on my part. This is really exciting stuff! |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Chad
Here's a card of one of her, um, "players." (At least according to Riley. An NLer at the National said Riley was full of s**t, tho, so take the gossip for what it's worth!) |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: jay behrens
Looking at the list I am thinking that Sol White, Pete Hill, Torriente, Frank Grant, Buck O'Niel and Minnie Minoso have got to be leading candidates. |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Matt Goebel
Surprising omissions- |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Chad
That one really sticks out for me. |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: identify7
Hey, I don't know as much about the candidates as many of you, but to me Willard Brown really stands out. |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Brian H (misunderestimated)
Early blackball reps. (mostly prior to the Negro Leagues) |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Andy Baran
If I were voting, these are the players that I would include: |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Matt Goebel
I would vote for the following: |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Chad
It would be easier to list the guys I woudn't vote for, but here it goes: |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Kenny Cole
This one shot, in or out, voting system is interesting. However, I think it may end up costing some of the candidates admission to the HOF. In that regard, I wonder if there won't be some hesitance to elect a large number of candidates, whether or not they are deserving. In terms of sheer numbers, the 1945/46 HOF elections are the closest thing to this election that the HOF has ever experienced and not even then did 20 people get elected. I think that may pose a problem for the electors here. I hope I'm wrong and that every candidate gets a fair shot based solely on merit. |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Chad
Is that they should elect a lot of people on this ballot. I hope they do. If this is a one time shot, then at least 15 should get in. If they only elect 3 or 4, as I fear, then I hope there's enough pressure for them to revisit the process. Of course, I don't stop writing hate mail until Oms is in regardless. If Matt is nice to me I'll include Oliver Marcell in my campaign of HOF voter intimidation. |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Ryan Christoff
Here's a checklist of cards that exist for everyone on the ballot: |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Ryan Christoff
I have to say that I'm pretty impressed with the list of 39 potential candidates. There will always be a few that were missed and a few that have no business being there, but I only found 2 on the list that were actually offensive. Red Parnell has no businees on this list, but I imagine it will make more sense once we see his statistics. Minoso being on a list of Negro Leaguers is an absolute joke. I believe he should be in the Hall of Fame for his entire baseball career, but absolutely not as a Negro Leaguer. I hope he doesn't get in this way. That being said here are my picks: |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: jay behrens
A somewhat serious question here. If Cum Posey get elected to the HOF, is that first name going to make past the porno/bad language filters that are set up on many public access computers and will that mean you wouldn't be able to view the BBHOF site others which would have that name on it? |
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Negro Leagues HOF ballot
Posted By: Tom Boblitt
while there's a newer book out on Effa, the book at the following link is a very nice one. TOUGH to get a copy of and if anyone's looking for an Effa signature, this one is about $500 less than what other people I've seen on her. I purchased two copies of this book about 15 years ago for about $5.00 each. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I have one unsoiled and another signed by 10-15 negro league stars. |
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