Blyleven, Alomar inducted into HOF

[EmpireWF]

They got in.

ESPN...

NEW YORK -- Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven have been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.

Alomar and Blyleven were chosen Wednesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America after narrow misses last year.

Alomar was picked on 90 percent of the ballots. He was a 12-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove winner at second base.

Blyleven was listed on more than 79 percent of the ballots, above the 75 percent required for election. He won 287 games and ranks fifth on the career strikeout list.

Sluggers Rafael Palmeiro, Jeff Bagwell and Mark McGwire all fell below the 50 percent mark.

The induction ceremony will be held on July 24 in Cooperstown.

 

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Blyleven, Alomar inducted into HOF

That's it...

That's the list.

No Larkin? What the fuck?


edit- Blyleven was on 79% of the ballots, Alomar 90%. Bagwell was below 50. Here are the results for everyone over 5% - source - espn.com.


Roberto Alomar 523 (90.0%), Bert Blyleven 463 (79.7%), Barry Larkin 361 (62.1%), Jack Morris 311 (53.5%), Lee Smith 263 (45.3%), Jeff Bagwell 242 (41.7%), Tim Raines 218 (37.5%), Edgar Martinez 191 (32.9%), Alan Trammell 141 (24.3%), Larry Walker 118 (20.3%), Mark McGwire 115 (19.8%), Fred McGriff 104 (17.9%), Dave Parker 89 (15.3%), Don Mattingly 79 (13.6%), Dale Murphy 73 (12.6%), Rafael Palmeiro 64 (11.0%), Juan Gonzalez 30 (5.2%),

 

[IamMedellin]

no al leiter?

no todd ziele?

no eric karros?

I call shenanigans

 

[Leftwich]

Looking at next years class... Larkin should get in.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Larkin got 62%, snubbed again.

Bagwell 41%. Definte steroid suspisions from voters.

Morris 53%.

Tim Raines is never making it. 37%.

 

[FedEx227]

I'd love to see the voting breakdown of who voted for particular guys. There's some really low totals for guys that deserve WAY higher.

 

[ryne candy]

Bagwell will get in as long as it isn't proved he used. Thinking around 5-7 years...he will get a weak year and get in.

 

[NAHSTE]

The fact that Larkin jumped up to 60 should be encouraging for him, but at the same time, what the fuck? He should have been in on the first ballot.

And without any proof that Bagwell did anything other than "be muscular" ... it's absurd not to let him in based on his resume.

 

[FedEx227]

I hate Hall of Fame voting.

All this first ballot, weak year bullshit.

Is the guy a Hall of Famer or not? Just fucking vote the deserving guys in. Stop playing this shitty game.

 

[Senser81]

Larry Williams Walker only got 20% of the vote...surprising. Also very surprised that Blyleven got in, but he's deserving IMO.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Agreed.

Alomar goes from not getting in, to 90%. That's a joke. There are no "levels" in the Hall Of Fame, every gets the same plaque in the same room. Stop making irrelevent statements, and just vote for who you think belongs. These writers are so ridiculous.

 

[Lanteri]

It's about time for Blyleven. Well deserved.

I've got no qualms other than Larkin not getting in. Makes me wonder if the people voting even watch baseball.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Walker is no doubt a victim of lazy writers with a Coors bias. They should read the thread we have here.

 

[FedEx227]

Roberto Alomar 523 90.0%
Bert Blyleven 463 79.7%
Barry Larkin 361 62.1%
Jack Morris 311 53.5%
Lee Smith 263 45.3%
Jeff Bagwell 242 41.7%
Tim Raines 218 37.5%
Edgar Martinez 191 32.9%
Alan Trammell 141 24.3%
Larry Walker 118 20.3%
Mark McGwire 115 19.8%
Fred McGriff 104 17.9%
Dave Parker 89 15.3%
Don Mattingly 79 13.6%
Dale Murphy 73 12.6%
Rafael Palmeiro 64 11.0%
Juan Gonzalez 30 5.2%
Harold Baines 28 4.8%
John Franco 27 4.6%
Kevin Brown 12 2.1%
Tino Martinez 6 1.0%
Marquis Grissom 4 0.7%
Al Leiter 4 0.7%
John Olerud 4 0.7%
B.J. Surhoff 2 0.3%
Bret Boone 1 0.2%
Benito Santiago 1 0.2%
Carlos Baerga 0 0.0%
Lenny Harris 0 0.0%
Bobby Higginson 0 0.0%
Charles Johnson 0 0.0%
Raul Mondesi 0 0.0%
Kirk Rueter 0 0.0%

Whoever voted for Santiago, Surhoff or Boone no longer gets a vote in my world.

 

[FirstTimer]

I'd love to see the voting breakdown of who voted for particular guys. There's some really low totals for guys that deserve WAY higher.

This.

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Really odd. Shocked by the poor showings of Bagwell and Raines.

Alomar was deserving Blyleven as well.

Larkin not getting in is a farce.

I agree on the Alomar thing too.How does the guy go from not getting in to 90%? I mean did he he all of a sudden become that much HOF worthy?

 

[FedEx227]

It's just stupid.

It's because he spit on someone and wasn't worthy of some asinine "first ballot" worthiness crap.

Just stupid.

 

[dave]

I agree on the Alomar thing too.How does the guy go from not getting in to 90%? I mean did he he all of a sudden become that much HOF worthy?

He should have gotten in last year.
I think he paid a price for spitting on the umpire last year.

 

[FirstTimer]

Really shocked McGriff didn't get more love. Especially seeing as Bagwell and McGwire did so poorly(Assuming it's because of roid suspicion or admission). McGriff is then presumed squeky clean first baseman of that era then...and the best clean one from the NL that is/was eligible.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I think Palmeiro getting only 11% has as much to do with not ever being dominant as it does with steroids. I think there have been guys who have hit the "magic numbers" who voters have felt obligated to vote for in the past when they didn't want to, but now the steroid issue gives them an "out" for certain guys.

 

[NAHSTE]

How the fuck did Marquis Grissom get votes?