2007 picks

[baseball=my life]

I hear that 2007 is going to be a great year to go to cooperstown for the induction ceremony. Many great ballplayers have retired in recent years. Who do you all think is being inducted in '07?

[candy curveball cummings]

I hear that 2007 is going to be a great year to go to cooperstown for the induction ceremony. Many great ballplayers have retired in recent years. Who do you all think is being inducted in '07?

I only see two making it this year, and those guys are Ripken and Gwynn. McGwire is close, but I think he'll miss it this time.

[Captain Cold Nose]

I'm planning on being there, seeing Gwynn and Ripken. McGwire has a solid chance, but I wouldn't be shocked if he's not there.
I'd love to see the VC do their jobs and elect somebody. I think Ron Santo has a legit chance.

[candy curveball cummings]

I'd love to see the VC do their jobs and elect somebody. I think Ron Santo has a legit chance.

That would be awfully nice, wouldn't it?

[538280]

Tony Fernandez will come on to the ballot this year. I expect him to be one and done, but he's a guy who should probably get more support than he does. I'm as skeptical of WARP3 as all of you are (consider we don't know how it's calculated, I generally don't look at it much), but he does very strong with that.

He was known as a very good to great fielding shortstop, had a very good BA in his best best years, learned to take a walk later on, and had pretty decent power from SS in a pretty long career. He held the single season record for hits by a shortstop for some time (213 in 1986) , if you like those sorts of records. I remember watching him play a bit towards the end of his career and I really liked him though, so maybe I'm being too subjective because I've never seen anyone but me bring him up here.

[Captain Cold Nose]

Tony Fernandez will come on to the ballot this year. I expect him to be one and done, but he's a guy who should probably get more support than he does. I'm as skeptical of WARP3 as all of you are (consider we don't know how it's calculated, I generally don't look at it much), but he does very strong with that.

He was known as a very good to great fielding shortstop, had a very good BA in his best best years, learned to take a walk later on, and had pretty decent power from SS in a pretty long career. He held the single season record for hits by a shortstop for some time (213 in 1986) , if you like those sorts of records. I remember watching him play a bit towards the end of his career and I really liked him though, so maybe I'm being too subjective because I've never seen anyone but me bring him up here.
Fernandez was a bit of a journeyman, but in the context of his time he was considered right there with Ripken and Trammell for AS consideration. A very good player.
I remember when the Reds signed him, and had the intentions of moving him to second because Barry Larkin was firmly planted at short. Bret Boone made quite a spectacle of himself openly defying manager/tool Ray Knight and refusing to move to third at first. Boone's tirades and lack of hitting that year got him demoted for a short time. And the Reds writers treated him like he was a hero.
I'm glad Boone found himself when he returned to Seattle. But I got a very poor impression of Boone due to that. Fernandez only wanted to do his job, and the position switch didn't seem to bother him.