Roberto Alomar’s statistics also got better with age

red flag

Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven have both been inducted while Rafael Palmeiro, Jeff Bagwell and Mark McGwire were not.

I think the bigger story than Palmeiro, Bagwell, and McGwire not getting in is McGriff. Zero evidence he used, not even size change like Bagwell, and yet he’s a victim of the era.

Larkin has to get in.

bravo robbie alomar.

The baseball Hall of Fame – where you deserve induction more or less from year to year without doing anything.

Which is why HOFs suck in the first place. Must be TBL’s day at the FSV office. I really wanted to see him talk about this.

These captions are awe-inspiring, ZCRM. Way better than Lisk’s.

+ blyleventy

@irish – I meant how they weren’t good enough last year, but you probably have a point.

/spits on umpire

Bert Blyleven’s 287 victories and 250 losses are good enough this year.

I see what you did there.

/steps over fetch’s passed out body

Ted Nugent called… he wants his shirt back.

Roberto Alomar 523 (90.0%), Bert Blyleven 463 (79.7%), Barry Larkin 361 (62.1%), Jack Morris 311 (53.5%), Lee Smith 263 (45.3%), Jeff Bagwell 242 (41.7%), Tim Raines 218 (37.5%), Edgar Martinez 191 (32.9%), Alan Trammell 141 (24.3%), Larry Walker 118 (20.3%), Mark McGwire 115 (19.8%), Fred McGriff 104 (17.9%), Dave Parker 89 (15.3%), Don Mattingly 79 (13.6%), Dale Murphy 73 (12.6%), Rafael Palmeiro 64 (11.0%), Juan Gonzalez 30 (5.2%)

Are any of these guys on their last ballot?

The baseball Hall of Fame – where you deserve induction more or less from year to year without doing anything.

It helps filter out the idiocy most of the time at least.

Here’s the percentages again reposted from the last thread –

Roberto Alomar 523 (90.0%), Bert Blyleven 463 (79.7%), Barry Larkin 361 (62.1%), Jack Morris 311 (53.5%), Lee Smith 263 (45.3%), Jeff Bagwell 242 (41.7%), Tim Raines 218 (37.5%), Edgar Martinez 191 (32.9%), Alan Trammell 141 (24.3%), Larry Walker 118 (20.3%), Mark McGwire 115 (19.8%), Fred McGriff 104 (17.9%), Dave Parker 89 (15.3%), Don Mattingly 79 (13.6%), Dale Murphy 73 (12.6%), Rafael Palmeiro 64 (11.0%), Juan Gonzalez 30 (5.2%)

Ted Nugent called… he wants his shirt back.

Seriously, Bags, what the holy hell.

Are any of these guys on their last ballot?

Only Dave Parker. Also it looks like Harold Baines won’t be on it next year either, or Kevin Brown.

Hef Says:
January 5th, 2011 at 2:12 PM
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These captions are awe-inspiring, ZCRM. Way better than Lisk’s.

/runs around with sparklers

Count me in the class of people that completely hate the way the MLB chooses these people. A smidge of objectivity would be most helpful.

Roberto Alomar’s statistics also got better with age.

I prefer 18 year Alomar statistics to 12 year Alomar statistics, especially if it’s mixed with Diet Coke.

/glares at NickP
//and Hef

Statistics, like a fine scotch, get better with age.

/glares at diet coke

Class of 2012, no one gets in for a long time (if at all) on this list:

Bernie Williams, Javy Lopez, Vinny Castilla, Ruben Sierra, Tim Salmon, Brad Radke, Edgardo Alfonzo, Scott Erickson, Jeff Fassero, Joe Randa, Jeromy Burnitz, Eric Young, Brian Jordan, Bill Mueller, Matt Lawton, Jose Hernandez, Phil Nevin, Alex S. Gonzalez, Pedro Astacio, Carl “the Bible never says anything about dinosaurs” Everett, David Bell, Rick Helling, Jose Vizcaino, Terry Mulholland, Jeff Nelson, Danny Graves and Dustin Hermanson.

Ted Nugent called… he wants his shirt back.

He should bag that shirt well.

/veal

Larkin has to get in.

I know BBoB supports you there, he wrote a headline once that Larkin could be the greatest shortstop ever and then spent a post saying that wasn’t true.

/pours a preposterous one for BBob

What the hell is going on around here? Are we gettin’ the band back together?

With Bert getting in, I think it’s time for Berman to retire his “Bert ‘Home’ Byleven” phrase.

So a compiler gets in over Bags? What a joke.

/nice post CRM.

What the hell is going on around here? Are we gettin’ the band back together?

Smells like an invasion?

If Bert pitched for the Yankees, everyone would say he was the greatest pitcher of his era. If he pitched for the Red Sox, everyone would say he was a racist.