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https://twitter.com/ShutTheDore/status/1748334245653700613 Ballot #179

Ballot #178

I read that article, what a mess

https://twitter.com/ShutTheDore/status/1748137226301493417 Ballot #177

Ballot #176

Three years at 33 would have been tasty , hard thrower

Yeah, Sheffield is the one that might come super close on his last year , or just get in , squeaky bum time for him

Ballot #175

https://twitter.com/ShutTheDore/status/1748032992075808771 Ballot #174

Ballot #173

Ballot #172

Ballot #171

Stark on Wright Is David Wright, longtime Face of the 21st-century Mets, a clear-cut runaway Hall of Famer? Before you start firing off those comments, you should know I understand that answer is a resounding: No! So let me explain why I voted for him in his debut appearance on this ballot. Because I think we need time to figure out where Wright fits in the age of Impactful Peak voting. And here's one lesson I've learned the hard way in my time as a voter: You can't rethink your perspective on any player in Year 2 if he doesn't survive Year 1! So why did I vote for this man? Because I've seen too many great players turn into awful one-and-dones who get booted off the writers' ballot after one year. So I've decided that if the Hall is going to continue to impose rules that limit how many players we can vote for to 10 and oust anyone who fails to get 5 percent of the vote, then I can strategize too. I reserve the right to cast a vote every once in a while that's designed to keep a player from falling off the ballot. And this is one of those votes. From the early voting returns we've seen thus far, Wright needs all the votes he can muster. I wrote more about this in November. But the other reason Wright deserves a longer look is that, after his first 10 seasons, he was on an unmistakable Hall of Fame path. Then injuries — and the rest of his career — happened. But check out those first 10 seasons again: .301/.382/.506/.888 slash line 222 HR, 183 SB 137 OPS+ 46.5 bWAR Now, just for perspective, here are the only players, whose careers began in the 2000s, who amassed that many wins above replacement and had that good an OPS+ in their first 10 seasons, according to Baseball Reference (excluding PED-tainted players): Albert Pujols Mike Trout Mookie Betts Joey Votto Miguel Cabrera And … David Wright Besides that group, there are only 16 other players whose careers began in the expansion era (1961-present) who had 10 seasons like that to begin their careers. If we toss out the PED crowd, only two of them are not in the Hall of Fame: Dick Allen and Todd Helton. And that could change, in both cases. I don't know if David Wright is headed for that podium in Cooperstown someday or not. I just know he deserves a chance for all of us to think about that question for more than one voting cycle

Ballot #170 is from Jayson Stark Today is looking like a big ballot drop day

https://twitter.com/ShutTheDore/status/1747956666925019568 Ballot #169

Saw this last year , fascinating to find out about the synthetic diamond industry, and how hard it is to distinguish , granted I knew nothing about this industry, so I found this a really good watch

Ballot #168

Next Tuesday all will be revealed, 167 so far

https://twitter.com/ShutTheDore/status/1747665132082090343 #167

Very true

Are some of those first names just made up ? I once tested a kid who's first given ame was Scientific

That's hummeling to be sent to SF for cash, Mets should have asked for a MINI Cooper

Never heard of the man

#166