The SJ.com Baseball Hall of Fame

We have smart enough baseball fans around here and I think it would be a cool idea for a board-wide Hall of Fame vote. PM your ballot to me by Friday, August 28th at 10 am Eastern time. The SportsJournalists.com Baseball Hall of Fame class will be announced on Friday.

Rules:
Takes 75% to merit induction
A current player has to have played in the majors for 10 years to be eligible (so no Pujols, Ichiro)
Banned players are allowed (Rose, Black Sox, etc.), but you are allowed/encouraged to make your judgments about whether their gambling involvement means they should be in the SJ HOF
When judging current players, be conservative and assume that their best days are behind them (i.e. they are not going to regain their peak)

Suggested players to consider (in alphabetical order)
Roberto Alomar
Jeff Bagwell
Harold Baines
Craig Biggio
Bert Blyleven
Barry Bonds
Kevin Brown
Eddie Cicotte
Roger Clemens
Andre Dawson
Carlos Delgado
John Franco
Andres Galarraga
Nomar Garciaparra
Tom Glavine
Ken Griffey Jr.
Juan Gonzalez
Vladimir Guerrero
Todd Helton
Rickey Henderson
Trevor Hoffman
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Derek Jeter
Tommy John
Randy Johnson
Andruw Jones
Chipper Jones
Jeff Kent
Barry Larkin
Greg Maddux
Edgar Martinez
Pedro Martinez
Don Mattingly
Fred McGriff
Mark McGwire
Jose Mesa
Jack Morris
Dale Murphy
Mike Mussina
David Ortiz
Rafael Palmeiro
Dave Parker
Andy Pettitte
Mike Piazza
Tim Raines
Manny Ramirez
Jim Rice
Mariano Rivera
Alex Rodriguez
Pudge Rodriguez
Pete Rose
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
John Smoltz
Sammy Sosa
Lee Smith
Miguel Tejada
Frank Thomas
Jim Thome
Alan Trammell
Robin Ventura
Omar Vizquel
Billy Wagner
Larry Walker
Buck Weaver
Bernie Williams


Feel free to add more names to consider in the thread.

 

Are you limited as to the amount of players for which you can vote? Also, why no Santo?

 

Standard HOF ballot, dickens, limits you to voting for 10 players.

I'm sure you can vote for Santo if you'd like

 

Suggested players to consider (in alphabetical order)
Roberto Alomar - Yes
Jeff Bagwell - Yes
Harold Baines - No
Craig Biggio - Yes
Bert Blyleven - Yes
Barry Bonds - Yes
Kevin Brown - No
Eddie Cicotte - No
Roger Clemens - Yes
Andre Dawson - Yes
Carlos Delgado - Yes
John Franco - No
Andres Galarraga - No
Nomar Garciaparra - No
Tom Glavine - Yes
Ken Griffey Jr. - Yes
Juan Gonzalez - Hmm... No.
Vladimir Guerrero - Yes
Todd Helton - No
Rickey Henderson - Yes
Trevor Hoffman - Yes
Shoeless Joe Jackson - Yes
Derek Jeter - Yes
Tommy John - No
Randy Johnson - Yes
Andruw Jones - No
Chipper Jones - Yes
Jeff Kent - No
Barry Larkin - No, but he'll get in.
Greg Maddux - Yes
Edgar Martinez - No
Pedro Martinez - Yes
Don Mattingly - No
Fred McGriff - Hmmm... No.
Mark McGwire - No.
Jose Mesa - No
Jack Morris - No
Dale Murphy - No
Mike Mussina - No
David Ortiz - Yes
Rafael Palmeiro - No
Dave Parker - Yes
Andy Pettitte - No
Mike Piazza - Yes
Tim Raines - Yes
Manny Ramirez - Yes
Jim Rice - Yes
Mariano Rivera - Yes
Alex Rodriguez - Yes
Pudge Rodriguez - Yes
Pete Rose - Yes
Curt Schilling - Yes
Gary Sheffield - Yes
John Smoltz - Yes
Sammy Sosa - No
Lee Smith - No
Miguel Tejada - No
Frank Thomas - Yes
Jim Thome - Yes
Alan Trammell - Yes
Robin Ventura - No
Omar Vizquel - No
Billy Wagner - No
Larry Walker - Hmm... No
Buck Weaver - No
Bernie Williams - No

 

Mizzou voted yes on Bert, no on Jack. My respect for him just went up marginally.

 

didn't we do this already? I'll look for a link

EDIT: linkage --- http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/50549/

 

With Morris, I can't get past the 3.91 ERA.

 

We've done something similar about 100 times... So what? Let's do it again... There's a reason these threads always wind up with 200-plus posts. We can't get enough of it...

 

Ron Guidry?

 

Mine are in and no, I didn't vote for Mussina.

 

NO

 

My ballot:

Roberto Alomar
Bert Blyleven
Roger Clemens
Tom Glavine
Ken Griffey Jr.
Rickey Henderson
Trevor Hoffman
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Derek Jeter
Randy Johnson
Greg Maddux
Pedro Martinez
Manny Ramirez
Mariano Rivera
Alex Rodriguez
Pudge Rodriguez
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
John Smoltz
Sammy Sosa
Frank Thomas
Jim Thome
Alan Trammell