With the results of the 2010 Hall of Fame voting to be announced next week, I figured I’d try to get a discussion going here by posting my fictional ballot:
Yes: Bert Blyleven, Tim Raines, Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin, Mark McGwire, Alan Trammell, Edgar Martinez
Close, but no: Fred McGriff, Dale Murphy, Andre Dawson, Lee Smith
Not as close as you’d think: Jack Morris, Don Mattingly, Dave Parker
Closer than you’d think: Ellis Burks, Andres Galarraga
Tags: Alan Trammell, Andre Dawson, Andres Galarraga, Barry Larkin, Bert Blyleven, Dale Murphy, Dave Parker, Don Mattingly, Edgar Martinez, Ellis Burks, Fred McGriff, Hall of Fame, Jack Morris, Lee Smith, Mark McGwire, Roberto Alomar, Tim Raines
(4.74 out of 5)
Remove McGwire and add McGriff + Dawson, and you’ve got my ballot. McGriff is my all time favorite player and hasn’t been liked to PEDs, so I’m biased, but I think he deserves.
I would also vote for Mr. McGriff to be enshrined in the HOF so that he can be the first player to wear the “Tom Emanski Defensive Drills” cap on his plaque.
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