His blank ballot is going to hurt other hopefuls such as Dawson, Rice, Smith, or Blyleven more than it will Cal or Gwynn. While he may not have voted for those guys either way, his form of protest has more damage to those players to whom every vote counts. While Ripken and Gwynn are no doubt HOFers, there's been many no-doubt HOFers that weren't unanimous. I think we should be angrier at whoever left Babe Ruth or Hank Aaron or Ted Williams off their ballots than the people who don't vote Ripken or Gwynn on the first time.