Elster88 wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]SC=100% (percentage a guy like ARod should get in his first year on the HOF ballot, Jeter and Ortiz not even close) Jeter should be a first ballot HOFer too. A lot of basehits over the years. As much as it gets overhyped, he actually does have some key playoff hits in his career. True, my point was more geared towards the percentage of writers who will actually vote for him. Yes I agree thats one of the dumbest thing in the history of dumb things to worry about, (and despite the guy who still holds the highest percentage I really don't) but there are voters who actually will not vote for a player their first year on the ballot, no matter who they are, and ARod is one of those who won't have a whole bunch of dumb writers (either young or old) arguing his worth like Jeter probably will because people who never really saw him play will view him as a "compiller"