by Nick on January 6, 2011 · 10 comments
Maybe I’m the only one who feels this way. Maybe I’m not enough of a baseball historian, and what follows could certainly brand me as such. Amongst all of the bickering, name-calling, and endless columns, posts, and Twitter sniping about who belonged in the Hall of Fame from the 2011 ballot – Jack Morris versus […]
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Posted in: Baseball Hall of Fame,Former Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Alan Trammell, Barry Larkin, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Benito Santiago, Bert Blyleven, Bobby Higginson, Carlos Baerga, Cooperstown, Dale Murphy, Don Mattingly, Edgar Martinez, jeff bagwell, Jim Caple, Jim Rice, Kirk Rueter, Larry Walker, Lee Smith, Lenny Harris, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Roberto Alomar, ron santo, Tim Raines
by Dennis on January 5, 2011 · 2 comments
Why the title? Let’s face it. Their names are forever linked. According to Bert Blyleven: “It’s been 14 years of praying and waiting.” Really? If it were me, I’d have a 14 full cuss jars sitting in a room by now. Can you imagine the combination of excitement and relief? Just watch the reactions of the latest round of […]
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Posted in: Baseball Hall of Fame,Former Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: b. j. surhoff, Barry Larkin, Bert Blyleven, bret boone, Cooperstown, Edgar Martinez, Fred McGriff, Hall of Fame, jeff bagwell, Larry Walker, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Roberto Alomar, Tim Raines
by Dennis on December 28, 2010 · 20 comments
Please do not be alarmed. Nobody has been foolish enough to actually entrust yours truly with a vote that actually helps determine who gets enshrined in Cooperstown and who does not. Not even Charlie Sheen has ideas that bad. However, the members of the BBA have been asked to participate in an interesting project. We’re […]
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Posted in: Baseball Bloggers Alliance,Baseball Hall of Fame
Tagged with: Barry Larkin, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Bert Blyleven, Don Mattingly, Edgar Martinez, Fred McGriff, hall of fame ballot, Jack Morris, jeff bagwell, Larry Walker, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Roberto Alomar
by Nick on January 5, 2010 · 4 comments
Well, the commenting has died down on last week’s ballot discussion posts, so without further ado, we present the Pitchers Hit Eighth ballot for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance‘s 2010 Hall of Fame voting (with links leading to our discussion threads for each player. Roberto Alomar – Robbie was a quick yes vote. His dominance was […]
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Posted in: Baseball Bloggers Alliance,Baseball Hall of Fame,Cardinals Coaches,Former Cardinals
Tagged with: Alan Trammell, Andre Dawson, Barry Larkin, Baseball Hall of Fame, Bert Blyleven, Cooperstown, Edgar Martinez, Lee Smith, Mark McGwire, Roberto Alomar, Tim Raines
by Nick on December 31, 2009 · 0 comments
Jack Morris Nick: Jack Morris doesn’t pass the sniff test for me. He was good, but folks hedge on Bert Blyleven but then gush over Morris? I’m sorry folks, a 10-inning playoff shutout start does not make you a Hall of Famer. Bud Smith threw a no-hitter once too. Morris doesn’t stack up for me […]
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Posted in: Baseball Bloggers Alliance,Baseball Hall of Fame
Tagged with: Bert Blyleven, Bud Smith, Hall of Very Good, Jack Morris
by Nick on December 30, 2009 · 2 comments
[Over the next few days, Josh and I will be discussing the Hall of Fame merits of the players on this year’s ballot for the purpose of creating our ballot for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance HoF voting.] Bert Blyleven Nick: Is there a more discussed name on the Hall of Fame ballot right now? Blyleven […]
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