tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420149012024426620.post3886177315917038..comments2024-03-28T18:49:08.603-04:00Comments on Hot Corner Harbor: How Badly Has Third Base Been Snubbed in Hall of Fame Voting?Theohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07356047156527558873noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420149012024426620.post-91709470784962810392018-01-25T10:31:06.019-05:002018-01-25T10:31:06.019-05:00Baseball writers are not the most knowledgeable fo...Baseball writers are not the most knowledgeable folk when it comes to baseball. They are for the most part just gossip column writers, and this is seen most obviously in their HOF voting. An example: Carl Furillo. Why isn't he in the HOF? Simple. He was released by the Dodgers while injured, he sued the Dodgers and won his suit. So the writers, always faithful to the owners, gave Carl 11 votes in the 6 years he was on the ballot! My opinion of the HOF? It's a shrine for all the players who weren't as good as Carl Furillo.Veritashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05076699572812138070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420149012024426620.post-27804699676738469972018-01-03T22:05:35.512-05:002018-01-03T22:05:35.512-05:00Thinking about it more, I think Rolen has a good c...Thinking about it more, I think Rolen has a good chance of becoming the new "cause" for more stats-based voters. There's been a surge in this type of thing, but it seems to be limited to just one player at a time to keep the focus; Raines didn't see a bump until Blyleven was in, Edgar is seeing his support increase now that Raines is in, and so on. <br /><br />Once Edgar is in (this year or next year), Rolen will probably be the leading candidate. Larry Walker probably has too much ground to make up in the one-two years he'll be on the ballot, and Mussina and Schilling are close enough that they probably don't need the GOTV campaign. Rolen or Andruw Jones would probably be the most likely next-in-line.Theohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07356047156527558873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420149012024426620.post-88204779518031070972017-12-30T17:06:22.251-05:002017-12-30T17:06:22.251-05:00Good read. Really enjoy reading your blog.
Rolen...Good read. Really enjoy reading your blog. <br /><br />Rolen has quite the uphill climb ahead of him, but with the ballot clearing in 2020 he can make substantial gains with the newer analytical voters. I see him as the Blyleven of hitters...SABR community will rally hard for him.Markhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WRMzbOP0iZTuBvcSPgG1_09RGzeClPfJX9mgy58FIxo/edit?usp=sharingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420149012024426620.post-8369533327993857082017-12-29T23:55:50.802-05:002017-12-29T23:55:50.802-05:00So there are two very good third baseman on the ba...So there are two very good third baseman on the ballot this year in Jones and Rolen. Chipper Jones is obviously a first round HOF candidate but as your stats show Rolen deserves to garner enough votes to stay on the ballet for next year or until he makes it into the HOF. Unfortunately the voters tend to only pick the best candiate on the ballot and forget the rest thereby making him unduly vulnerable to falling off the ballot in his first year of eligibility. Very sad state of voting by the HOF voters. They need to expand the number of eligible votes to 12 since they haven't upgraded the voting numbers since way before the league expanded to 30 teams. More players playing and the same number of HOF votes. Baseball Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529003809804563117noreply@blogger.com