MLB 2015

[MJ5150]

Not a peep about Griffey making it to the Hall of Fame?
He was awesome anyways, but seldom is mentioned as one who stayed true to the game when his direct competition started juicing.

Notable note: Griffey received 99.3% (437 out of 440) of the vote, the highest ever. I wonder why three people didn't vote for him.

-Mike

 

[slobake]

Once again the Giants have dropped the ball on big name free agents. They have done this so many times and still won I have stopped trying to second guess Giants management and just accept that they know what they are doing.
Johnny Cueto is a strange pick for them. For years they have worked hard on building a TEAM. They seem to look at a players character as well as his skills on the field. Cueto seems to be an exception to that rule. I dugout brawl between Cueto and Bumgarner by late July.

 

[Gaolee]

Not a peep about Griffey making it to the Hall of Fame?
He was awesome anyways, but seldom is mentioned as one who stayed true to the game when his direct competition started juicing.

Notable note: Griffey received 99.3% (437 out of 440) of the vote, the highest ever. I wonder why three people didn't vote for him.

-Mike

There were three people who lived under a rock during Junior's career. That's the only thing I can think of. It should have been unanimous. Edgar Martinez should be in the Hall in my opinion, but I'm also fairly partisan. I can see why that's not a universal opinion. Griffey, on the other hand, should be absolutely unquestionable for everyone who knows anything about baseball. Or anybody who doesn't for that matter. Back in the 1990s, a friend of my wife's from when she was a kid in London came to visit us. She brought her son, who was a couple years older than our son. I took the two boys to a Mariners game, and the English boy immediately picked out Junior as the guy he wanted to be. Junior projected that kind of charisma, all the way up into the stands, and to a kid who had never seen or thought about baseball.

Those three who didn't vote for him are clearly lower forms of life, living in a swamp on an island somewhere without contact with the proper baseball world.

 

[the harp unstrung]

Not much MLB about it. The Australian Baseball League plays much like Double-A in the States. I enjoyed it immensely! The Sydney Blue Sox beat the Adalaide Bite. It was 7-2 after seven when the clouds OPENED up. It was get-away day for The Bite, so it didn't take long for the umps to call it a complete game.
It was a well done stadium, built to accommodate the ABL in 2010. It could hold...probably 2,000. There were 400-500 there on the Sunday after New Years Day, but ( as was suggested) the weather was threatening all day.
There were a couple of errors... the kind you'd expect at a Double-A or college game. They served to keep things.......interesting.
The Blue Sox have a catcher, Michael Quesada, who was obviously a cut above...the best player on the field for sure.

All told, a great day watching a good grade of baseball IN JANUARY!

 

[kesslari]

Those three who didn't vote for him are clearly lower forms of life, living in a swamp on an island somewhere without contact with the proper baseball world.

Pretty strong statement, and though I get the humor, I disagree.
The voters today are limited to 10 people. There are a LOT of worthy people who deserve votes. Some of them will drop off the ballot because of the new 10 years limit.
If you have 11 very qualified picks, and you know that one of them is going to get in regardless, I could understand not picking the shoo-in to give a vote to someone else.

That said, Griffey Jr. totally deserved the huge margin.

 

[Gaolee]

Pretty strong statement, and though I get the humor, I disagree.
The voters today are limited to 10 people. There are a LOT of worthy people who deserve votes. Some of them will drop off the ballot because of the new 10 years limit.
If you have 11 very qualified picks, and you know that one of them is going to get in regardless, I could understand not picking the shoo-in to give a vote to someone else.

That said, Griffey Jr. totally deserved the huge margin.

I'm always Very Serious. Especially when baseball is involved.

And, don't forget, the Mariners are holding steady in first place! I don't see any change in that status for at least a couple months. Maybe even until opening day!

 

[Camaro69]

There are a controversial contingent who said they will not vote for any player of the Steroid Era, juicer or not.

For reference note Maddox did not get 100% either.

Junior is alright in my book, regardless of those three

 

[Pilgrim]

Three ex-Mariners who belong in the hall:

Junior Griffey
Edgar Martinez
Randy Johnson

 

[the harp unstrung]

Hell, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner 'only' got 95% of the vote in 1939...Cy Freakin' YOUNG only got 49%!!!
Today's Lesson : They's fools everwear ya go...
Couldn't be happier (or less surprised) for Junior, and the whole Mariner's family!

 

[dangnewt]

Junior is a well-deserving first-ballot no doubt about it Hall of Famer. I was actually encouraged that there were only 3 holdouts; there used to be more no votes for even the most sure thing (last year Pedro Martinez had 49 holdouts; Randy Johnson 15 holdouts). I'm thinking it is just some stupid thing that has continued to be done because that is the way it always has been done.

I'll second Edgar Martinez for the Hall of Fame. My thinking is that DH is a position and it is harder than it looks. Just like a relief pitcher in baseball or a placekicker or punter in football; it is OK to have a higher bar and maybe not let in as many - but you should recognize the truly outstanding. I have a dog in this fight as I would like to see David Ortiz in the Hall sometime and his path is easier if the voters can come around on Edgar.

I'd also like to see Tim Raines and Curt Shilling.