OleMissCub

Only 9 wins?

Why would gloating be an option? No doubt the first teams to be named Indians at the turn of the last century did so because they thought it was cool and tough or whatever. In their minds Indians were warriors who could pull of great athletic feats of skill and combat and they thought that went well with sports. I would be interested to know when the last time a large scale sports team was named after something Native-American. Naming them after NA stuff may have just been a fad for a few decades. Doing some research, the Mississippi College Choctaws were 1903, Utes 1910, Braves 1912, Indians 1915, Blackhawks 1926, Redskins 1933, Seminoles 1947

The tribe or the sports program? Tribe

I guess the Blackhawks organization is kind of in a weird spot because there isn't a tribe they can go to and get a blessing from. Obviously there was no Blackhawk tribe, they're just named after a Chief. Sports teams like the Seminoles or the Choctaws have gone and received approval from those tribes to use their names and both schools give tons of scholarships to members of those respective tribes. Do the Illini still exist?

Willy may have gotten a bit of a late start for a catcher. Not sure if he'll be able to put up enough counting stats to be HOF worthy, but by god I hope he puts them up. As you said, aside from Bryant, he's the only one who I could pretend to envision a future as a HOFer. He's one of the best catchers baseball has seen.

John Lackey, essentially. His prime 9 years are almost exactly the same, aside from those wins: 3.89 ERA 1.32 WHIP 3.83 FIP 114 ERA+ 1716 IP 1357 K's 513 BB's 9.2 H/9 2.7 BB/9 7.1 K/9 116-82

Having put in a bunch this year, let's see what the future holds. I've only included guys on this list who have a HOF Monitor score over 100. 2019: - Edgar Martinez - I think he gets in. He had 70% of the vote this year. - Mike Mussina - Also think he gets in. He had 63% this past year. He's so underrated. 270 wins and lifetime 3.68 despite pitching his entire career in two hitter friendly parks, his entire career in the AL East, and a big chunk of his career in the Steroid Era. Nine times he was in the top 6 for Cy Young. 1st Year On Ballot: - Mariano Rivera - Duh - Roy Halladay - His early death will help put him in on the first ballot. - Todd Helton - Won't ever be voted in but I think will get in through Vets Committee one day. - Miguel Tejada - Hall of Very Good. Doesn't have the counting stats necessary. Only 2400+ hits and 300+ HR. - Andy Pettitte - Not a first ballot, but probably gets voted in eventually. The Yankee effect will help him out. If not, he seems like someone the Vets Committee will certainly put in at some point. - Michael Young - No 2020: - Larry Walker - This will be his last year on the ballot and with a weak year, I think he may sneak in. He's a Vets Committee guy down the road, regardless. 1st Year on Ballot: - Derek Jeter - Duh - Jason Giambi - No - Alfonso Soriano - No 2021: Since there is no one else, might this be a year where a Jonah Keri'ish campaign gets Omar Vizquel in? 1st Year on Ballot: No 1st timers with a higher HOF Monitor than 100. Your highest 1st timers are Aramis Ramirez, Tim Hudson, and Torii Hunter, and none of those guys are ever going to be voted in. 2022: The last year on the ballot for Clemens and Bonds. Maybe some writers change their stance and let them in on their final ballot claiming that "they've been punished enough by waiting 10 years". That seems like a very smug baseball writer thing to do. 1st Year on Ballot: - David Ortiz - I assume he'll get in on his first try. - Jimmy Rollins - I'm not sure he's a first ballot guy, but I think he eventually gets voted in. He was always a media favorite. - Alex Rodriguez - He admitted to juicing. However he's done somewhat of a good job rehabbing his image in the past few years, maybe by 2022 the writers won't have the same view of him as they do Bonds and Clemens currently. - Mark Teixeira - No - AJ Pierzynski - No

Vets Committee will put Helton in one day. Same for Larry Walker.

as if Mississippians and Alabamans have money to spend on sports teams

68.3 WAR is obscene for a guy that played 1500+ games without a glove.

So many guys on that list should be ahead of him. Hell, Billy Wagner was better.

The Super Bowl fan vote is going to look like the 72 election.

Wasn’t aware someone was filming me

Why? Foles or Keenum vs Brady is gonna be one hell of a Super Bowl, isn’t it? horsefeathers that

A Brees and Brady Super Bowl would have been a cool storyline.

So Epic. Poor old lady had no idea why she was even on the field.

That's egregious. That dude doesn't need to ref another game in the NCAA.

Navy beat Virginia 49-7 without completing a pass. Unreal.

Jameis is certifiable. Just ran on the field while his defense had the ball.

reminds me of this

Just throw an Angels hat on this guy

This metric has him dead last as regards calling strikes as balls and vice versa. https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/mlb-umpires-2016-review-world-series-preview/