Monday, January 21, 2019
"The best of all time at his position. Mo. The one and only on this year’s ballot"-Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe, 1/20/19
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1/20/19, "This time around, only one candidate is worthy," Boston Globe, By Dan Shaughnessy
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Added: Above is excerpt from Boston Globe article including its five writers/voters:
1/20/19, "One player is a lock. Then the 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame vote gets tricky." Boston Globe
Five Boston Globe voters: Peter Abraham, Nick Cafardo, Bob Hohler, Bob Ryan, Dan Shaughnessy
"Here's now the [five] Globe writers voted in this year’s election"
1/20/19, "This time around, only one candidate is worthy," Boston Globe, By Dan Shaughnessy
Mariano Rivera
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Sorry. I know we’re allowed to vote for as
many as 10 players, and it’s certainly trendy to vote for the max, then
protest that you wish you could vote for more, but I have never shared
this feeling. In my view, we are not charged to vote for the 10 best
players on the ballot. We are asked to determine who is Hall of
Fame-worthy.
After much thought, debate, and consultation, (I called three former players who are in the Hall of
Fame), I cast a vote for one player: Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.
Call it the Harold Baines Effect if you want....The Baines Effect has me choosing the single player
on this ballot who is clearly Hall-worthy and appears not to have
cheated the game.
The ever-regal Rivera was clutch and dominant — the best of all time at his position.
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Added: Above is excerpt from Boston Globe article including its five writers/voters:
1/20/19, "One player is a lock. Then the 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame vote gets tricky." Boston Globe
Five Boston Globe voters: Peter Abraham, Nick Cafardo, Bob Hohler, Bob Ryan, Dan Shaughnessy
"Here's now the [five] Globe writers voted in this year’s election"
"Mariano Rivera is a
Baseball Hall of Famer; the five Globe writers with votes in the annual
election agree on that. From there it gets tricky, and that reflects
the complexity of the ballot this year.
The Hall of Fame
will reveal the choices made by the Baseball Writers’ Association of
America at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Those players with at least 75 percent of the
votes will join Harold Baines and Lee Smith, who were elected by the
Today’s Game Era Committee last month.
The Hall allows for
secret ballots. But in the interest of transparency, here are the
decisions made by the Globe writers with their explanations.
5 votes
Mariano Rivera
1 year on ballot
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4 votes
Edgar Martinez
10 years on ballot
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Mike Mussina
6 years on ballot
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Curt Schilling
7 years on ballot
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2 votes
Roger Clemens
7 years on ballot
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Barry Bonds
7 years on ballot
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Omar Vizquel
2 years on ballot
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Larry Walker
9 years on ballot
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Roy Halladay
1 year on ballot
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1 vote
Jeff Kent
6 years on ballot
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Gary Sheffield
5 years on ballot
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Scott Rolen
2 years on ballot
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Todd Helton
1 year on ballot
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Andy Pettitte
1 year on ballot"...
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