2014 Hall of Fame voting

[Soul]

What annoys me is voting in LaRussa, who watched over Canseco and McGwire, and then treating McGwire like a [expletive] terrorist. I'm sure someone has written that column, and I want to read it.

 

Olbermann touched on it when he was first elected, more under the narrative of Marvin Miller being denied again, but it was still a decent piece.

 

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10125463

 

ETA and if you want a hackpiece on it, here's Reilly

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10116177/rick-reilly-torre-la-russa-cox

 

Olbermann also directly addressed LaRussa on his show.

[jersey cubs fan]

Len Kasper ‏@LenKasper 1m

Look my opinion isn't shared by probably 99% of my friends in media. & Dan will "pay" for what he did. But he stuck his neck out & I applaud

 

Len Kasper ‏@LenKasper 4m

I also defer to Steve Stone who said on radio this morning that these days, MANY more people can assess HOF credentials than just writers.

[OleMissCub]

An axe should come down quickly on that neck

[mul21]

An axe should come down quickly on that neck

 

Why?

 

I've come to really like LeBatard. I listen to his national show on the way home from work just about every day and he's intelligent and doesn't get sucked into the BS vortex that most of the rest of the sports commentary world does. I think what he did was fantastic and the response by some of the higher up at BBWAA is just comical and is making them look the the bunch of childish morons that they are.

[bukie]

An axe should come down quickly on that neck

Which I'm sure you'd be fine with as long as there's HD video of it, but the man gave a voice to the public, and the public (even the ironic, cynical public at Deadspin) did it better than the writers.

[jersey cubs fan]

 

Chris Christie looks awful jovial for such a somber press conference.

[OleMissCub]

My bad, I thought Len was talking about the guy who only voted for Morris.

 

I don't really care about LeBatard

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

what the hell is that awful font.

[OleMissCub]

Looks like they gave Maddog a size too big because they were unsure how fat it is these days

[ConstableRabbit]

what the hell is that awful font.

It was voted for by the writers. :rimshot:

[jersey cubs fan]

http://deadspin.com/the-angry-things-writers-are-saying-about-our-hall-of-f-1497810100

 

Ed Sherman really is a dope.

[mul21]

The only one on the entire page that "got it" was Posnanski. He's as good as any out there and I'm not surprised he came up with an intelligent commentary on it.

[bukie]

The sense of entitlement of baseball (and even former baseball) writers is astounding. Sanctimonious is right.

[Banedon]

Hahaha...wow.

 

They suspended LeBatard from the BBWAA for a year, and took away his HoF vote for life.

[Burtonbell]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/01/09/le-batard-barred-from-future-hall-of-fame-votes/

 

Heres the article about LeBatard getting canned.

 

And what in the hell has Maddux been eating?

[NewUserName]

An axe should come down quickly on that neck

 

Why?

 

I've come to really like LeBatard. I listen to his national show on the way home from work just about every day and he's intelligent and doesn't get sucked into the BS vortex that most of the rest of the sports commentary world does. I think what he did was fantastic and the response by some of the higher up at BBWAA is just comical and is making them look the the bunch of childish morons that they are.

I have never heard him do radio. I don't have much of an opinion about him that differs greatly from all the other guys who make up ESPN's reporter show stuff in the afternoon. I have seen his show 4 or 5 times and his dad is awesome! If I wasn't at work I would probably watch his show more just for that reason

[bukie]

Hahaha...wow.

 

They suspended LeBatard from the BBWAA for a year, and took away his HoF vote for life.

PED use: suspended 50 games.

Dare give someone else an opportunity to influence a HOF vote: lifetime ban.

[OleMissCub]

Hahaha...wow.

 

They suspended LeBatard from the BBWAA for a year, and took away his HoF vote for life.

 

Yet that Gurnik guy suffers no consequences for basically filling out an obvious troll ballot.

[bukie]

Hahaha...wow.

 

They suspended LeBatard from the BBWAA for a year, and took away his HoF vote for life.

 

Yet that Gurnik guy suffers no consequences for basically filling out an obvious troll ballot.

Crass also, who submitted a blank ballot.

[Cubswin11]

Hahaha...wow.

 

They suspended LeBatard from the BBWAA for a year, and took away his HoF vote for life.

 

Yet that Gurnik guy suffers no consequences for basically filling out an obvious troll ballot.

Crass also, who submitted a blank ballot.

Also the guy(s) who voted for Jacque Jones and Armando Benitez

[TruffleShuffle]

the baseball hall of fame is a great place to visit, but unfortunately it's run by complete imbeciles. this is just further proof. people turn in absolutely moronic ballots and suffer no repercussions, but a sportswriter turns his vote over to the public (who fill out a very reasonable ballot) and he gets slammed. [expletive] off.

[OleMissCub]

About those 16 that didn't vote for Maddux...We know that one ballot was blank and that another guy made a horrifyingly stupid case for why he didn't vote for Maddux because he played in the roid era, but I'd love to know about the other 14. I mean, I don't think it's possible to make a case that Maddux isn't a Hall of Famer. If they want to claim that LeBatard has besmirched the BBWAA, then the BBWAA needs to call out everyone who didn't vote for Maddux and have them make a case for why he isn't a Hall of Famer because they are really just being trolls by not voting for him and being a troll isn't "honorable" either.

[Cubswin11]

From Deadspin

 

BBWAA secretary/treasurer Jack O'Connell put it in an email to me, explaining exactly why the BBWAA board of directors had stripped Le Batard of his vote:

 

The rules of the Hall of Fame clearly state that the only voters are 10-year members of the BBWAA. Mr. LeBatard transferred his ballot to an entity that has not earned that status.

In that same email, O'Connell named the members of the BBWAA board, among them the group's vice president, Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle. Funny thing, that: Earlier today, a member of the Houston baseball press dropped us a line. Among other things, he told us this:

 

As for the voter who seeks local input, that's BBWAA vice-president Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle. He gathers about 6-8 people over a lunch or dinner, they talk about the players, then he votes by how the majority tells him to vote re: each player. I was part of the panel one year.

 

Whatever, though. For our part, we'd like to acquire another vote next year. We think we have a decent line on one, and it wouldn't hurt to get another. The first, we'd hand over to the public. The second? Who knows. Maybe we'll give it to Dan Le Batard.

Edited January 10, 2014 by Cubswin11

[Cubswin11]

About those 16 that didn't vote for Maddux...We know that one ballot was blank and that another guy made a horrifyingly stupid case for why he didn't vote for Maddux because he played in the roid era, but I'd love to know about the other 14. I mean, I don't think it's possible to make a case that Maddux isn't a Hall of Famer. If they want to claim that LeBatard has besmirched the BBWAA, then the BBWAA needs to call out everyone who didn't vote for Maddux and have them make a case for why he isn't a Hall of Famer because they are really just being trolls by not voting for him and being a troll isn't "honorable" either.

I remember a month or so ago there was a theory that there definitely would be a fair amount of guys who wouldn't vote for him knowing he was a lock to get in and they would use his vote on someone else they thought might have a hard time even staying on the ballot for next year, let alone get elected this year, they think is worthy. I get that line of thought, I guess.

[Backtobanks]

Let the baseball writers narrow the eligible names down to a list of 15 and then let the public vote.