Sorry to Interrupt Studs and Duds…Earlier today in the comments, I made mention that the Baseball Hall of Fame has the highest standards for induction. Way to make me look like an ass.
This is just ridiculous. The Hall of Fame is suppose to be meant for the greatest players to have ever played the game. Baseball has done a fine job of ensuring this, for the most part.
Jim Rice? Jim F’n Rice!?!?! Ugh. Thanks to all the roid ragers, it is going to allow these pedestrian ball players to get in.*
Rickey Henderson should have been the only player in this class allowed in. I wouldn’t even have a problem if they let Big Mac in. This is shameful.
*which would be okay if Don Mattingly is allowed in
#1 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:25 pm
Disagree on a thousand levels. All of the top 9 vote getters from this year should have gotten in. That’s all of these…
Name vote total vote percentage
Rickey Henderson 511 94.8%
Jim Rice 412 76.4%
Andre Dawson 361 67.0%
Bert Blyleven 338 62.7%
Lee Smith 240 44.5%
Jack Morris 237 44.0%
Tommy John 171 31.7%
Tim Raines 122 22.6%
Mark McGwire 118 21.9%
#2 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:25 pm
Disagree on a thousand levels. All of the top 9 vote getters from this year should have gotten in. That’s all of these…
Name vote total vote percentage
Rickey Henderson 511 94.8%
Jim Rice 412 76.4%
Andre Dawson 361 67.0%
Bert Blyleven 338 62.7%
Lee Smith 240 44.5%
Jack Morris 237 44.0%
Tommy John 171 31.7%
Tim Raines 122 22.6%
Mark McGwire 118 21.9%
#3 by john on January 12, 2009 - 2:26 pm
This is tremendous.
Rice > Mattingly
#4 by john on January 12, 2009 - 2:26 pm
This is tremendous.
Rice > Mattingly
#5 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:27 pm
Don Mattingly >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jim Rice
#6 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:27 pm
Don Mattingly >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jim Rice
#7 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:28 pm
Really GITC? You think Rock Raines should be in? I’m incredulous.
#8 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:28 pm
Really GITC? You think Rock Raines should be in? I’m incredulous.
#9 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:28 pm
I just noticed that that’s it for Tommy John. That was his last chance.
#10 by gatortrey on January 12, 2009 - 2:28 pm
Who’s next? Andres Gallaraga?
#11 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:28 pm
I just noticed that that’s it for Tommy John. That was his last chance.
#12 by gatortrey on January 12, 2009 - 2:28 pm
Who’s next? Andres Gallaraga?
#13 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:29 pm
Maybe they should perform Tommy John surgery on his hall of fame ballot? That would give him another 5 years.
#14 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:29 pm
Maybe they should perform Tommy John surgery on his hall of fame ballot? That would give him another 5 years.
#15 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:29 pm
i don’t think mattingly should get in. but none of those guys are hall worthy, except Henderson.
nobody on that list is exceptional. meaning, no hall.
#16 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:29 pm
i don’t think mattingly should get in. but none of those guys are hall worthy, except Henderson.
nobody on that list is exceptional. meaning, no hall.
#17 by john on January 12, 2009 - 2:31 pm
5.2% of the HOF voters should get their right to vote rejected…along with two people who voted for Jay Bell and the one that voted for Jesse Orosco.
#18 by john on January 12, 2009 - 2:31 pm
5.2% of the HOF voters should get their right to vote rejected…along with two people who voted for Jay Bell and the one that voted for Jesse Orosco.
#19 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:31 pm
Mattingly would maybe be borderline. But in truth he was better than Cal Ripken at everything. So if Cal is in Donnie Baseball should be in.
#20 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:31 pm
Mattingly would maybe be borderline. But in truth he was better than Cal Ripken at everything. So if Cal is in Donnie Baseball should be in.
#21 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:31 pm
Gammons on ESPN Radio with Tirico and Van Pelt right now.
#22 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:31 pm
Gammons on ESPN Radio with Tirico and Van Pelt right now.
#23 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:32 pm
Screw Gammons, he’s probably masturbating to a picture of Jim Rice while giving that interview.
#24 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:32 pm
Screw Gammons, he’s probably masturbating to a picture of Jim Rice while giving that interview.
#25 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:33 pm
kwsn-
Not taking the bait.
#26 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:33 pm
kwsn-
Not taking the bait.
#27 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:33 pm
Screw Gammons, he’s probably masturbating to a picture of Jim Rice while giving that interview.
#28 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:33 pm
Screw Gammons, he’s probably masturbating to a picture of Jim Rice while giving that interview.
#29 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:34 pm
He says that he doesn’t really like him actually.
#30 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:34 pm
He says that he doesn’t really like him actually.
#31 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:35 pm
Gammons is a shell of himself. He threw his professionalism out the window in 2003 when he cried on the air about the Yankees getting Aaron Boone.
#32 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:35 pm
Gammons is a shell of himself. He threw his professionalism out the window in 2003 when he cried on the air about the Yankees getting Aaron Boone.
#33 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:37 pm
Bert Blyleven still not in…
He has the 5th most Ks ever. Behind only Ryan, Randy, Clemens, Carlton. He has more than Tom Seaver!
#34 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:37 pm
Bert Blyleven still not in…
He has the 5th most Ks ever. Behind only Ryan, Randy, Clemens, Carlton. He has more than Tom Seaver!
#35 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:38 pm
nobody likes Rice as a person.
#36 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:38 pm
nobody likes Rice as a person.
#37 by john on January 12, 2009 - 2:41 pm
I have a trash can that I got as a little kid that says, “Pitchers pay the price, when they face Jim Rice.”
I bet it’s worth hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars right now…
#38 by john on January 12, 2009 - 2:41 pm
I have a trash can that I got as a little kid that says, “Pitchers pay the price, when they face Jim Rice.”
I bet it’s worth hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars right now…
#39 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:42 pm
I just looked at some numbers and figured out that if Jamie Moyer continues on his pace from the last few years he should move past Jack Morris, over the 5000 mark, and near Christy Mathewson on the strikeout list.
#40 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:42 pm
I just looked at some numbers and figured out that if Jamie Moyer continues on his pace from the last few years he should move past Jack Morris, over the 5000 mark, and near Christy Mathewson on the strikeout list.
#41 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:42 pm
if Robbie Alomar doesn’t get in next year, and Andrew Dawson does, i am never taking Lil Sparty to Cooperstown.
#42 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:42 pm
if Robbie Alomar doesn’t get in next year, and Andrew Dawson does, i am never taking Lil Sparty to Cooperstown.
#43 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:42 pm
Should the hall of fame include people just because they stuck around for 23 years and were average the whole time? I say no. So Bert Blyleven should be out. 3.31 ERA and 287-250 hardly wows me.
#44 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:42 pm
Should the hall of fame include people just because they stuck around for 23 years and were average the whole time? I say no. So Bert Blyleven should be out. 3.31 ERA and 287-250 hardly wows me.
#45 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:43 pm
Apparently a Federal Grand Jury is getting ready to charge Clemens with perjury.
#46 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 2:43 pm
Apparently a Federal Grand Jury is getting ready to charge Clemens with perjury.
#47 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:43 pm
kwsn-Nolan Ryan?
#48 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:43 pm
kwsn-Nolan Ryan?
#49 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:44 pm
Nolan Ryan was not average.
#50 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:44 pm
Nolan Ryan was not average.
#51 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:46 pm
kwsn-a lot of walks and a high era, a lot of losses too.
#52 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:46 pm
kwsn-a lot of walks and a high era, a lot of losses too.
#53 by john on January 12, 2009 - 2:48 pm
…but he was very good at punching Robin Ventura in the face.
#54 by john on January 12, 2009 - 2:48 pm
…but he was very good at punching Robin Ventura in the face.
#55 by john on January 12, 2009 - 2:52 pm
Huh?
#56 by john on January 12, 2009 - 2:52 pm
Huh?
#57 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:55 pm
john- everyone was doing it?
#58 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 2:55 pm
john- everyone was doing it?
#59 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:57 pm
7 no hitters and the Robin Ventura beat down are good enough for me.
#60 by knightwhosaysni on January 12, 2009 - 2:57 pm
7 no hitters and the Robin Ventura beat down are good enough for me.
#61 by john on January 12, 2009 - 2:58 pm
Yeah…and everyone that was doing it probably won’t get in.
#62 by john on January 12, 2009 - 2:58 pm
Yeah…and everyone that was doing it probably won’t get in.
#63 by The Mark Show on January 12, 2009 - 3:07 pm
McGwire should be in. The “outrage” over steroids is such BS.
#64 by The Mark Show on January 12, 2009 - 3:07 pm
McGwire should be in. The “outrage” over steroids is such BS.
#65 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:08 pm
Jim Rice “dominated” his era. Good for him, he was the smartest retard.
#66 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:08 pm
Jim Rice “dominated” his era. Good for him, he was the smartest retard.
#67 by gatortrey on January 12, 2009 - 3:09 pm
We’re making our own baseball hall of fame, so that McGwire, Clemens, and Bonds can be in it.
Signed,
Utah Ute fans.
#68 by gatortrey on January 12, 2009 - 3:09 pm
We’re making our own baseball hall of fame, so that McGwire, Clemens, and Bonds can be in it.
Signed,
Utah Ute fans.
#69 by sae on January 12, 2009 - 3:15 pm
can Pete be in it too?
#70 by sae on January 12, 2009 - 3:15 pm
can Pete be in it too?
#71 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:15 pm
Shoeless Joe?
#72 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:15 pm
Shoeless Joe?
#73 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:19 pm
long comment from gitc in 5, 4, 3, 2……
#74 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:19 pm
long comment from gitc in 5, 4, 3, 2……
#75 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:28 pm
Mattingly HOF? Seriously?
For the best baseball moustache of all time, maybe (apologies to Rollie Fingers)
Fattingly
Rice
The only stats that Mattingly has over Rice was 2B (+69), Strikeouts (-979) and AVG (+.009).
Rice > Matt:
Seasons +2
G +304
AB +1222
R +242
H +299
2B -69
3B +59
HR +160
RBI +352
BB +82
SO +979
SB +44
CS +25
BA -0.009
Only reason that Mattingly had more doubles is because of Rice’s SPEED. +59 Triples.
/math’d
#76 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:28 pm
Mattingly HOF? Seriously?
For the best baseball moustache of all time, maybe (apologies to Rollie Fingers)
Fattingly
Rice
The only stats that Mattingly has over Rice was 2B (+69), Strikeouts (-979) and AVG (+.009).
Rice > Matt:
Seasons +2
G +304
AB +1222
R +242
H +299
2B -69
3B +59
HR +160
RBI +352
BB +82
SO +979
SB +44
CS +25
BA -0.009
Only reason that Mattingly had more doubles is because of Rice’s SPEED. +59 Triples.
/math’d
#77 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:30 pm
but Marco, pitchers feared him. i did say that i wasn’t serious about Donnie.
#78 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:30 pm
but Marco, pitchers feared him. i did say that i wasn’t serious about Donnie.
#79 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:30 pm
Now I get it. It’s a
WCNYFG greiving thing. Completely understand.#80 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:30 pm
Now I get it. It’s a
WCNYFG greiving thing. Completely understand.#81 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:31 pm
lol, ah, missed the not serious part :)
#82 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:31 pm
lol, ah, missed the not serious part :)
#83 by john on January 12, 2009 - 3:31 pm
Anyone know who the new big names that are eligible next year (if any)?
#84 by john on January 12, 2009 - 3:31 pm
Anyone know who the new big names that are eligible next year (if any)?
#85 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:32 pm
Mattingly, perhaps?
#86 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:32 pm
Mattingly, perhaps?
#87 by john on January 12, 2009 - 3:32 pm
I’d back Mattingly for the HOF if he would shave those sideburns.
/Mr. Burns’d
#88 by john on January 12, 2009 - 3:32 pm
I’d back Mattingly for the HOF if he would shave those sideburns.
/Mr. Burns’d
#89 by Fiesta Trio on January 12, 2009 - 3:35 pm
+1 John
#90 by Fiesta Trio on January 12, 2009 - 3:35 pm
+1 John
#91 by gatortrey on January 12, 2009 - 3:35 pm
Mattingly was also on a shit team, whereas Rice had some pretty good talent around him.
#92 by gatortrey on January 12, 2009 - 3:35 pm
Mattingly was also on a shit team, whereas Rice had some pretty good talent around him.
#93 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 3:36 pm
Wake got 2 votes for #1.
#94 by guyinthecorner on January 12, 2009 - 3:36 pm
Wake got 2 votes for #1.
#95 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:38 pm
Mattingly had a shittier back. Tino may never played in pinstripes otherwise.
#96 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:38 pm
Mattingly had a shittier back. Tino may never played in pinstripes otherwise.
#97 by Big D on January 12, 2009 - 3:41 pm
Sparty,
You are so unbelievably f’ing lucky that I was at lunch and couldn’t type a proper rant on my phone. Now I’m all full of chicken caesar salad and coffee, so I’m not in a fighting mood.
I will say this though. Jim Rice is a God among men. I will not sit here and allow you to besmirch his good name or his career. That man is a saint!
#98 by Big D on January 12, 2009 - 3:41 pm
Sparty,
You are so unbelievably f’ing lucky that I was at lunch and couldn’t type a proper rant on my phone. Now I’m all full of chicken caesar salad and coffee, so I’m not in a fighting mood.
I will say this though. Jim Rice is a God among men. I will not sit here and allow you to besmirch his good name or his career. That man is a saint!
#99 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:42 pm
and that may be the biggest lie ever told in the 6mos of S&Fs.
#100 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:42 pm
and that may be the biggest lie ever told in the 6mos of S&Fs.
#101 by Big D on January 12, 2009 - 3:43 pm
Wooooooo! Finally won something!
#102 by Big D on January 12, 2009 - 3:43 pm
Wooooooo! Finally won something!
#103 by gatortrey on January 12, 2009 - 3:43 pm
#104 by gatortrey on January 12, 2009 - 3:43 pm
#105 by john on January 12, 2009 - 3:45 pm
Jim Rice > D-Ho
#106 by john on January 12, 2009 - 3:45 pm
Jim Rice > D-Ho
#107 by john on January 12, 2009 - 3:48 pm
#108 by john on January 12, 2009 - 3:48 pm
#109 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:49 pm
Jim Rice > Derek Jeter
/seriously
#110 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:49 pm
Jim Rice > Derek Jeter
/seriously
#111 by Big D on January 12, 2009 - 3:51 pm
On offense, you’re absolutely right. Though I’ll give Jeets the baserunning and defensive edge (even if he’s one of the most overrated fielders ever)
#112 by Big D on January 12, 2009 - 3:51 pm
On offense, you’re absolutely right. Though I’ll give Jeets the baserunning and defensive edge (even if he’s one of the most overrated fielders ever)
#113 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:56 pm
Jeter scored more chicks too.
/Jessica Alba’d
#114 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:56 pm
Jeter scored more chicks too.
/Jessica Alba’d
#115 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:56 pm
I love Derek, but even I don’t think he is Hall worthy. Look, i really believe the H o F is about the best of the best. It is getting bad.
#116 by sparty on January 12, 2009 - 3:56 pm
I love Derek, but even I don’t think he is Hall worthy. Look, i really believe the H o F is about the best of the best. It is getting bad.
#117 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:58 pm
Hall alumni should get the vote, not freakin writers.
#118 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 3:58 pm
Hall alumni should get the vote, not freakin writers.
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#119 by mizerle06 on January 12, 2009 - 4:37 pm
you fellers need to relax a bit and head over to Happy Hour.
#120 by mizerle06 on January 12, 2009 - 4:37 pm
you fellers need to relax a bit and head over to Happy Hour.
#121 by mc wrath on January 12, 2009 - 5:47 pm
I think Rice deserves it, these stats tell the story.
#122 by mc wrath on January 12, 2009 - 5:47 pm
I think Rice deserves it, these stats tell the story.
#123 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 5:55 pm
mc wrath, +1 to your gravitar
#124 by marcomarco on January 12, 2009 - 5:55 pm
mc wrath, +1 to your gravitar
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