No new Hall of Fame members this year
By
Amanda
Posted at 4:49 pm
| Player (Years on ballot) | Total Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Craig Biggio (1) | 388 | 68.2 |
| Jack Morris (14) | 385 | 67.7 |
| Jeff Bagwell (3) | 339 | 59.6 |
| Mike Piazza (1) | 329 | 57.8 |
| Tim Raines (6) | 297 | 52.2 |
| Lee Smith (11) | 272 | 47.8 |
| Curt Schilling (1) | 221 | 38.8 |
| Roger Clemens (1) | 214 | 37.6 |
| Barry Bonds (1) | 206 | 36.2 |
| Edgar Martinez (4) | 204 | 35.9 |
| Alan Trammell (12) | 191 | 33.6 |
| Larry Walker (3) | 123 | 21.6 |
| Fred McGriff (4) | 118 | 20.7 |
| Dale Murphy (15) | 106 | 18.6 |
| Mark McGwire (7) | 96 | 16.9 |
| Don Mattingly (13) | 75 | 13.2 |
| Sammy Sosa (1) | 71 | 12.5 |
| Rafael Palmeiro (3) | 50 | 8.8 |
| Bernie Williams (2) | 19 | 3.3 |
| Kenny Lofton (1) | 18 | 3.2 |
| Sandy Alomar Jr. (1) | 16 | 2.8 |
| Julio Franco (1) | 6 | 1.1 |
| David Wells (1) | 5 | 0.9 |
| Steve Finley (1) | 4 | 0.7 |
| Shawn Green (1) | 2 | 0.4 |
| Aaron Sele (1) | 1 | 0.2 |
| Jeff Cirillo (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Royce Clayton (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Conine (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Roberto Hernandez (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Klesko (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Mesa (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Sanders (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Stanton (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Walker (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Rondell White (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Woody Williams (1) | 0 | 0 |
| This is the first time since 1996 that no one was inducted. Here’s the list of candidates and their votes, swiped from Reds.com. | ||
The Hall of Fame voting results were released today. Apparently, it was no huge loss when the fine men who retired at the end of 2007 left the game, because not a one of them was voted in this time around.
Yeah.
I didn’t watch the program that was on the MLB Network today at noon with the results. I wonder how Bob Costas filled up all that time.
And the winner is….no one!<lack of thunderous applause>
There are some pretty big names on that list, but of course the rumors that that these guys used steroids keeping these guys out of the Hall.
I don’t know: on the one hand, they should have known better. On the other the whole Major League environment was begging them for more and more home runs. Punish the players, sure, but how are you going to similarly punish all the other people who contributed to this fustercluck?
Thankfully, this is a temporary problem and eventually their names will roll of the ballot, one way or the other. Then self-righteous reporters who managed not to notice the steroids at the time when reporting on it might have actually done something productive can shut up about how morally superior they are for refusing to vote these guys in.