View Full Version : Beyond Corky...
STLCards2
01-11-2009, 08:44 PM
Here are a few more interesting non-CorkyHOF votes made public...
Pedro Gomez of ESPN voted for Jay Bell, but not Bert Blyleven.:confused::eek::crazy
Michael Kinsley of ESPN voted only for Henderson and Lee Smith.
I mean not voting for Blyleven is one thing, but Jay Bell?:applaud:
Any other oddities noticed?
BlueBlood
01-11-2009, 11:51 PM
There was some website last year with a bent on modern statistical analysis that listed the ten worst arguments for/against players on the ballot by various sportswriters....it's astonishing to take a look at some of the ignorance out there or use of cliches such as "a team player", etc.
Weirder, tomorrow's reveal might come at about the exact same time as those for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. :crazy
Yankwood
01-12-2009, 01:54 PM
Corky????? That kid from Life Goes On has a vote?
RubeBaker
01-12-2009, 02:13 PM
Yeah, he was the writer that rattled the cage by publicly not voting for Rickey, but voting for Matt Williams. http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=86259
I don't see what is so odd about those votes. Jay Bell is somewhat odd, but Byleven is a borderline candidate anyway. No big shock he wasn't voted in.
And Kinsley only voting for Henderson and Smith? Not bad choices, he just apparently didn't feel that there were any other choices worth voting for.
Silver Blaze
01-12-2009, 07:37 PM
Corky is off the hook. An amazing 27 other voters didn't vote for Henderson. That just defies belief. Two of them were blank ballots to protest steroids, which hurts guys like Rice and Henderson unnecessarily.