2007 HOF vote

[Vic Sage]

It's just Gwynn and Ripken
Gossage got close.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hof07/news/story?id=2725461

[Vic Sage]

2007 Hall of Fame Voting

- Total ballots cast: A record 545 (including two blanks).
- Necessary for election: 409 votes.
- Minimum votes needed to remain on the ballot: 28.

They're IN!
Cal Ripken Jr.- 537 / 98.5%
Tony Gwynn - 532 / 97.6%

maybe, one day:
Rich Gossage - 388 / 71.2%
Jim Rice - 346 / 63.5%
Andre Dawson - 309 / 56.7%
Bert Blyleven - 260 / 47.7%
Lee Smith - 217 / 39.8%
Jack Morris - 202 / 37.1
Mark McGwire - 128 / 23.5%

They're not gonna make it:
Tommy John - 125 / 22.9%
Steve Garvey - 115 / 21.1% (last year)
Dave Concepcion - 74 / 13.6%
Alan Trammell - 73 / 13.4%
Dave Parker - 62 / 11.4%
Don Mattingly - 54 / 9.9%
Dale Murphy - 50 / 9.2%
Harold Baines - 29 / 5.3%

off the ballot (under 5%):
Orel Hershiser - 24
Albert Belle - 19
Paul O'Neill - 12
Bret Saberhagen - 7
Jose Canseco - 6
Tony Fernandez - 4
Dante Bichette - 3
Eric Davis - 3
Bobby Bonilla - 2
Ken Caminiti - 2
Jay Buhner - 1

shut out (0 votes):
Scott Brosius
Wally Joyner
Devon White
Bobby Witt

[Vic Sage]

prior HOF thread

http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?p=141572#141572

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

No need to do any cap speculation this year.

It's an Oriole and a Padre, nice and simple.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I guess Herhiser does become the new one-and-done starting pitcher then.

Or maybe Gooden.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Well, they will have to decide between the goofy bird and the oronthologically correct Oriole. They will go with the latter, I would guess; tho Eddie Murray got the former.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I'd rather have a realistic bird on my plaque than a cartoon character.

I wonder if they'd at least let Ripken make that choice?

One thing we can be sure of: Gwynn's Padre cap will be brown. Or brownish, anyway, because of the color of the metal they use.

[stevejrogers]

]shut out (0 votes): Scott Brosius Wally Joyner Devon White Bobby Witt

Joyner and Brosius now disprove my theory that there is at least one voter (and if I had a ballot I'd actually do this) feels that if you got yourself a legit piece of MLB hardware (ROY and WS MVP, and even GG counting White) you deserve a vote for HOF, even if its the only vote you are going to get.

[Guest cleonjones11]

Joyner had too many hits for zero votes...Brosius is an MFY tee-hee

[G-Fafif]

Bobby Bo got two votes.

Then he ate them.

[Theoldmole]

Surprised Eric Davis and Canseco so totally snubbed.

[nymr83]

i think Canseco alienated everyone with his book.