Walker, Palmeiro on Hall of Fame ballot for first time

http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=343409

No way Palmeiro or Gonzalez get in.

Here is who I believe should be voted in.

Alomar
Bagwell
Blyleven
Larkin
E. Martinez
Mattingly
McGriff
Walker
Raines

 

Alomar could be the only one in this time.

Kirk Rueter is on the ballot? Really?

 

OMG! THIS THREAD TITLE IS IN ALL CAPS!!!!

LISTEN TO ME!!!!!!!!

 

Alomar should be a shoe in this year, he barely missed it last year.

I have no clue why Kirk Rueter is on the list, he definitely doesn't belong on it.

 

Calm down! Holy crap, I just copied and pasted the title from TSN and it came in all caps.

 

My list in order of how deserving I think they are:

Alomar
Bagwell
Blyleven
Raines
E. Martinez
Trammel
Larkin

Just missing:
McGriff, Mattingly, Murphy, Morris

 

Alomar and Blyleven.

The rest are in the Hall of Very Good.

 

Alomar's within spittin' distance, and Bagwell and Blyleven also have a chance. Eventually, I can see McGriff getting a headline.

 

Alomar could also be a shoo-in

 

Bagwell gets in. Numbers are terrific, especially for a 15-year career cut short with injury. He has a great base runner, a tremendously smart player and a damn good defensive player. Had he stayed healthy or not played 9 years in the Astrodome, he reaches 500 HRs easily. That being said, he was only 51 shy. Still has gaudy batting average, walk, runs scored and RBI numbers. No link to steroids.

 

We've done this before, but I can't imagine Bagwell on the outside unless you're convinced he was juiced.

 

But without proof or even a strong link like so many others have -- and heretofore there is none -- the writers can't keep Bagwell out under those suspicions alone.