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Bruce Sutter has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!
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"It is a simple matter to erect a Hall of Fame, but difficult to select the tenants." -- Ken Smith
"I am led to suspect that some of the electorate is very dumb." -- Henry P. Edwards
"You have a Hall of Fame to put people in, not keep people out." -- Brian Kenny
"There's no such thing as a perfect ballot." -- Jay Jaffe
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Player Votes %
Bruce Sutter 400 76.9%
Jim Rice 337 64.8%
Rich Gossage 336 64.6%
Andre Dawson 317 61.0%
Bert Blyleven 277 53.3%
Lee Smith 234 45.0%
Jack Morris 214 41.2%
Tommy John 154 29.6%
Steve Garvey 135 26.0%
Alan Trammell 92 17.7%
Dave Parker 75 14.4%
Dave Concepcion 65 12.5%
Don Mattingly 64 12.3%
Orel Hershiser 58 11.2%
Dale Murphy 56 10.8%
Albert Belle 40 7.7%
Will Clark 23 4.4%
Dwight Gooden 17 3.3%
Willie McGee 12 2.3%
Ozzie Guillen 5 1.0%
Hal Morris 5 1.0%
Gary Gaetti 4 0.8%
John Wetteland 4 0.8%
Rick Aguilera 3 0.6%
Gregg Jefferies 2 0.4%
Doug Jones 2 0.4%
Walt Weiss 1 0.2%
Gary DiSarcina 0 0.0%
Alex Fernandez 0 0.0%THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT COME WITH A SCORECARD
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Congrats to a deserving player..."There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit.
~~Al Gallagher
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Congrats to Sutter!Comment
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The funny thing is, I thought there were TWO relievers on the ballot that were more deservingMythical SF Chronicle scouting report: "That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one." I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.
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anyone else surprised that Clark didn't even get enough votes to stay on the ballot?Comment
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Another Closer in the hall http://www.baseball-almanac.com/play...hp?p=suttebr01Behold My Annoyingly Long Signature
St. Louis Cardinals
American Association Champions
1885-1886-1887-1888
National League Champions
1926-1928-1930-1931-1934-1942-1943-1944-1946-1964-1967-1968-1982-1985-1987-2004-2006
World Champions
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I don't support Will Clark, but he's definitely deserving of at least being held over.
2 people actually voted for Gregg Jefferies.THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT COME WITH A SCORECARD
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Gone for good?Originally posted by Brooklyn"I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it."
Carl YastrzemskiComment
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Kinda think Goose should have been in as well with Sutter but at least Sutter getting in should open the doors to other relievers....
1st pitcher in the HOF never to start a game in the majors..."There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit.
~~Al Gallagher
God Bless America!
Click here to see my baseball tribute site!
Click here to see the best pitcher NOT in the HOF!
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And second with a losing career W/L recordOriginally posted by Baseball GuruComment
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yes, At least until the veteran's committeeOriginally posted by runningshoes53Comment
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--Really can't see Sutter ahead of Gossage. I'm not a big supporter of Will Clark, but it is a little surprising to see him bounced on his first ballot. I would have guessed he'd get 10-20%.Comment
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With the exception of the new players, this is almost the exact order as last year with almost everybody moving up. Only Willie McGee fell and Dave Concepcion jumped a spot. That's my highlight. Sutter I'm not so hot on, not with Smith and Gossage there.Originally posted by digglahhhComment
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Belle didn't even get mentioned on the Hall's website until recently. Poor Joey.Comment
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