Baseball Fever Hall of Fame - 2010 Election Discussion Forum

[Chadwick]

The close of another exciting season of Major League Baseball means it's time for another round of debate over the greatest players in the game's history. That's right! It's time for the 2010 edition of the Baseball Fever Hall of Fame!

If you're new to the BBFHoF - or just need to brush up on things since it's been a while - I suggest you spend some time perusing the threads listed below. This is a discussion only thread and I'm going to be posting information and data with links in this post so feel free to refer to this for additional information. Others who want to post or link analysis and/or discussion are strongly encouraged to do so in this thread. The voting thread will be posted in November so we've got a few weeks to start sorting through the available candidates and sharing our thoughts before the voting booth opens.

Here's to another great election season! Happy hunting!

[Chadwick]

Preface
The Baseball Fever Hall of Fame (BBFHoF) was established to honor the greatest players and contributors in the History of Baseball through a series of annual elections held between the end of the regular season and the announcement of the annual BBWAA elections to Cooperstown.

Participation
Baseball Fever posters in good standing are eligible (and strongly encouraged) to participate in both the discussion and voting phases of the election. Those who do are, by their participation, agreeing to these rules. We work on the simple premise of “one man, one vote” wherein the Director of the BBFHoF retains the right to strike from the official record additional ballots cast by anyone attempting to pass off multiple ballots from the same individual. Towards that end, if two or more actual individuals intend to cast their respective ballots from the same IP address, it must be cleared with me in advance. Those who oversee the elections process operate said process with integrity and we expect all of our participants to conduct themselves both civilly and honorably.

Process
There are two elections, held simultaneously, each year. A discussion thread will be opened to facilitate discussion of candidates and answer questions that might arise about the elections process or candidate eligibility. This thread will remain open throughout the elections process. No “ballots” in this thread however will be tallied in the official count at election time. The voting thread will be open for voting in November. Election results will be posted shortly thereafter.

Candidates eligible for the Players Election must meet one or more of the following criteria to be eligible to receive votes: a) the player has not appeared on the 40-man roster or the Disabled List in the most recent season, b) the player is officially retired (or dead) by September 1 of the last completed season, c) the player is over 40 and did not play in the most recent completed season. Players are to be considered on the basis of their performance and its impact on their team/s. Ballots cast in the Players Election may list up to 25 eligible candidates.

Candidates eligible for the Contributors Election must either be retired or at least 60 years of age by the completion of the last regular season. Contributors are to be considered for the quality and impact of their contribution/s to their team/s and/or the sport at large. “Contributions” may include an individual’s playing career. Ballots cast in the Contributors Election may list of up 15 eligible candidates.

Both players and contributors are eligible for consideration if they were associated with the major, minor, negro, Japanese or other international leagues including, but not limited to the US American Leagues, Cuban Winter League (to 1950), Mexican League (to 1950), Puerto Rican Winter League (to 1950), 1937 Dominican League and the California Winter League.

Once inducted on either ballot, an individual is no longer eligible for consideration in any other capacity.

Policies
It is extremely helpful if voters post their ballots with candidates listed in descending alphabetical order of candidates’ last names. Individuals receiving votes who cannot be identified will not be counted. Ballots which exceed the maximum ballot length will not be counted. Ballots may be edited after their initial post, however, changes to a ballot are not guaranteed to be counted unless I am notified by PM of the change before the end of voting.

[Chadwick]

Baseball Fever Hall of Fame Membership


Categorized
Players in Blue played a substantial part of their careers in the Negro Leagues,
Players in Red played a substantial part of their careers in Japan

Pitchers
Pete Alexander, Akira Bessho, Bert Blyleven, Mordecai Brown, Raymond Brown, Jim Bunning, Steve Carlton, Bob Caruthers, John Clarkson, Roger Clemens, Wilbur Cooper, Stan Coveleski, Dizzy Dean, Don Drysdale, Dennis Eckersley, Red Faber, Bob Feller, Wes Ferrell, Rollie Fingers, Whitey Ford, Bill Foster, Pud Galvin, Bob Gibson, Tom Glavine, Goose Gossage, Burleigh Grimes, Lefty Grove, Carl Hubbell, Kazuhisa Inao, Ferguson Jenkins, Randy Johnson, Walter Johnson, Masaichi Kaneda, Tim Keefe, Sandy Koufax, Bob Lemon, Ted Lyons, Greg Maddux, Juan Marichal, Pedro Martinez, Christy Mathewson, Carl Mays, Joe McGinnity, Jose Mendez, Tony Mullane, Mike Mussina, Hal Newhouser, Kid Nichols, Phil Niekro, Satchel Paige, Jim Palmer, Gaylord Perry, Eddie Plank, Dan Quisenberry, Charley Radbourn, Cannonball Dick Redding, Eppa Rixey, Robin Roberts, Joe Rogan, Red Ruffing, Amos Rusie, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Curt Schilling, Hilton Smith, John Smoltz, Warren Spahn, Victor Starffin, Bruce Sutter, Don Sutton, Dazzy Vance, Rube Waddell, Ed Walsh, Hoyt Wilhelm, Joe Williams, Vic Willis, Early Wynn, Cy Young

Catchers
Johnny Bench, Charlie Bennett, Yogi Berra, Roger Bresnahan, Roy Campanella, Gary Carter, Mickey Cochrane, Bill Dickey, Buck Ewing, Carlton Fisk, Bill Freehan, Josh Gibson, Gabby Hartnett, Biz Mackey, Katsuya Nomura, Mike Piazza, Louis Santop, Ted Simmons, Deacon White

First Basemen
Dick Allen, Cap Anson, Jeff Bagwell, Jake Beckley, Dan Brouthers, Orlando Cepeda, Will Clark, Roger Connor, Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, Hank Greenberg, Keith Hernandez, Buck Leonard, Willie McCovey, Fred McGriff, Mark McGwire, Cal McVey, Johnny Mize, Eddie Murray, Sadaharu Oh, Tony Perez, George Sisler, Joe Start, Mule Suttles, Bill Terry, Frank Thomas

Second Basemen
Roberto Alomar, Ross Barnes, Craig Biggio, Rod Carew, Cupid Childs, Eddie Collins, Bobby Doerr, Larry Doyle, Nellie Fox, Frankie Frisch, Charlie Gehringer, Joe Gordon, Frank Grant, Bobby Grich, Billy Herman, Rogers Hornsby, Jeff Kent, Nap Lajoie, Bid McPhee, Joe Morgan, Hardy Richardson, Jackie Robinson, Ryne Sandberg, Lou Whitaker

Third Basemen
Frank Baker, Wade Boggs, Ken Boyer, George Brett, Jimmy Collins, Ray Dandridge, Darrell Evans, Heinie Groh, Stan Hack, Harmon Killebrew, Edgar Martinez, Eddie Mathews, Paul Molitor, Shigeo Nagashima, Graig Nettles, Brooks Robinson, Ron Santo, Mike Schmidt, Ezra Sutton, Pie Traynor, Jud Wilson

Shortstops
Luis Aparicio, Luke Appling, Ernie Banks, John Beckwith, Lou Boudreau, Perucho Cepeda, Joe Cronin, Bill Dahlen, George Davis, Jack Glasscock, Home Run Johnson, Barry Larkin, Pop Lloyd, Rabbit Maranville, Dobie Moore, Pee Wee Reese, Cal Ripken Jr., Joe Sewell, Ozzie Smith, Alan Trammell, Arky Vaughan, Honus Wagner, Bobby Wallace, Willie Wells, George Wright, Robin Yount

Left Fielders
Albert Belle, Barry Bonds, Lou Brock, Jesse Burkett, Fred Clarke, Ed Delahanty, Goose Goslin, Isao Harimoto, Rickey Henderson, Monte Irvin, Joe Jackson, Joe Kelley, Ralph Kiner, Sherry Magee, Joe Medwick, Minnie Minoso, Stan Musial, Jim O'Rourke, Tim Raines, Al Simmons, Willie Stargell, Harry Stovey, Zach Wheat, Billy Williams, Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski

Center Fielders
Richie Ashburn, Earl Averill, Cool Papa Bell, Willard Brown, Max Carey, Oscar Charleston, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Hugh Duffy, George Gore, Billy Hamilton, Pete Hill, Paul Hines, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Dale Murphy, Alejandro Oms, Kirby Puckett, Edd Roush, Duke Snider, Tris Speaker, Turkey Stearnes, George Van Haltren, Hack Wilson

Right Fielders
Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Sam Crawford, Andre Dawson, Martin Dihigo, Elmer Flick,Tony Gwynn, Harry Heilmann, Reggie Jackson, Al Kaline, Willie Keeler, King Kelly, Mel Ott, Dave Parker, Frank Robinson, Pete Rose, Babe Ruth, Enos Slaughter, Sam Thompson, Cristobal Torriente, Paul Waner, Dave Winfield

Managers
Walter Alston, Sparky Anderson, Frank Chance, Bobby Cox, Leo Durocher, Ned Hanlon, Whitey Herzog, Miller Huggins, Hughie Jennings, Tetsuharu Kawakami, Tony LaRussa, Tommy Lasorda, Al Lopez, Connie Mack, Joe McCarthy, John McGraw, Bill McKechnie, Frank Selee, Billy Southworth, Casey Stengel, C. I. Taylor, Joe Torre, Kazuto Tsuruoka, Earl Weaver, Dick Williams

Executives
Ed Barrow, Ed Bolden, Charles Comiskey, Jack Dunn, Clark Griffith, William Hulbert, Ban Johnson, Kenesaw M. Landis, Larry MacPhail, Walter O'Malley, Cum Posey, Branch Rickey, Albert Spalding, Bill Veeck, George Weiss, J.L. Wilkinson

Pioneers
Doc Adams, Sy Berger, Alexander Cartwright, Henry Chadwick, Charles Conlon, Jim Creighton, Rube Foster, Marvin Miller, Lefty O'Doul, Buck O'Neill,, Dickey Pearce, Al Reach, Matsutaro Shoriki, John Montgomery Ward, Harry Wright

Broadcasters
Mel Allen, Red Barber, Ernie Harwell, Vin Scully

Writers
Bill James, Francis Richter, J.G. Taylor Spink

Umpires
Tom Connolly, Bill Klem

Alphabetized

Hank Aaron
Doc Adams
Pete Alexander
Dick Allen
Mel Allen
Roberto Alomar
Walter Alston
Sparky Anderson
Cap Anson
Luis Aparicio
Luke Appling
Richie Ashburn
Earl Averill
Jeff Bagwell
Frank Baker
Ernie Banks
Red Barber
Ross Barnes
Ed Barrow
John Beckwith
Jake Beckley
Cool Papa Bell
Albert Belle
Johnny Bench
Charlie Bennett
Sy Berger
Yogi Berra
Akira Bessho
Craig Biggio
Bert Blyleven
Wade Boggs
Ed Bolden
Barry Bonds
Lou Boudreau
Ken Boyer
Roger Bresnahan
George Brett
Lou Brock
Dan Brouthers
Mordecai Brown
Raymond Brown
Willard Brown
Jim Bunning
Jesse Burkett
Roy Campanella
Rod Carew
Max Carey
Gary Carter
Steve Carlton
Alexander Cartwright
Bob Caruthers
Orlando Cepeda
Perucho Cepeda
Henry Chadwick
Frank Chance
Oscar Charleston
Cupid Childs
Will Clark
Fred Clarke
John Clarkson
Roger Clemens
Roberto Clemente
Ty Cobb
Mickey Cochrane
Eddie Collins
Jimmy Collins
Charles Comiskey
Charles Conlon
Roger Connor
Tom Connolly
Wilbur Cooper
Stan Coveleski
Bobby Cox
Sam Crawford
Jim Creighton
Joe Cronin
Ray Dandridge
Bill Dahlen
George Davis
Andre Dawson
Dizzy Dean
Ed Delahanty
Bill Dickey
Martin Dihigo
Joe DiMaggio
Larry Doby
Bobby Doerr
Larry Doyle
Don Drysdale
Jack Dunn
Hugh Duffy
Leo Durocher
Dennis Eckersley
Darrell Evans
Buck Ewing
Red Faber
Bob Feller
Wes Ferrell
Rollie Fingers
Carlton Fisk
Elmer Flick
Whitey Ford
Bill Foster
Rube Foster
Nellie Fox
Jimmie Foxx
Bill Freehan
Frankie Frisch
Pud Galvin
Lou Gehrig
Charlie Gehringer
Bob Gibson
Josh Gibson
Jack Glasscock
Tom Glavine
Joe Gordon
George Gore
Goose Goslin
Goose Gossage
Frank Grant
Hank Greenberg
Bobby Grich
Clark Griffith
Burleigh Grimes
Heinie Groh
Lefty Grove
Tony Gwynn
Stan Hack
Billy Hamilton
Ned Hanlon
Isao Harimoto
Gabby Hartnett
Ernie Harwell
Rickey Henderson
Harry Heilmann
Billy Herman
Keith Hernandez
Whitey Herzog
Pete Hill
Paul Hines
Rogers Hornsby
Carl Hubbell
Miller Huggins
William Hulbert
Kazuhisa Inao
Monte Irvin
Joe Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Bill James
Ferguson Jenkins
Hughie Jennings
Ban Johnson
Home Run Johnson 
Randy Johnson
Walter Johnson
Al Kaline
Masaichi Kaneda
Tetsuharu Kawakami
Tim Keefe
Willie Keeler
Joe Kelley
King Kelly
Jeff Kent
Harmon Killebrew
Ralph Kiner
Bill Klem
Sandy Koufax
Nap Lajoie
Kenesaw M. Landis
Barry Larkin
Tony LaRussa
Tommy Lasorda
Bob Lemon
Buck Leonard
Pop Lloyd
Al Lopez
Ted Lyons
Connie Mack
Biz Mackey
Larry MacPhail
Greg Maddux
Sherry Magee
Rabbit Maranville
Mickey Mantle
Juan Marichal
Edgar Martinez
Pedro Martinez
Eddie Mathews
Christy Mathewson
Carl Mays
Willie Mays
Joe McCarthy
Willie McCovey
Joe McGinnity
John McGraw
Fred McGriff
Mark McGwire
Bill McKechnie
Bid McPhee
Cal McVey
Joe Medwick
Jose Mendez
Marvin Miller
Minnie Minoso
Johnny Mize
Paul Molitor
Dobie Moore
Joe Morgan
Tony Mullane
Dale Murphy
Eddie Murray
Stan Musial
Mike Mussina
Shigeo Nagashima
Graig Nettles
Hal Newhouser
Kid Nichols
Phil Niekro
Katsuya Nomura
Lefty O’Doul
Sadaharu Oh
Alejandro Oms
Buck O’Neil
Jim O’Rourke
Mel Ott
Satchel Paige
Jim Palmer
Dave Parker
Dickey Pearce
Tony Perez
Gaylord Perry
Mike Piazza
Eddie Plank
Cum Posey
Kirby Puckett
Dan Quisenberry
Charley Radbourn
Tim Raines
Al Reach
Cannonball Dick Redding
Pee Wee Reese
Branch Rickey
Hardy Richardson
Francis Richter
Cal Ripken
Eppa Rixey
Robin Roberts
Brooks Robinson
Frank Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Joe Rogan
Pete Rose
Edd Roush
Red Ruffing
Amos Rusie
Babe Ruth
Nolan Ryan
Ryne Sandberg
Ron Santo
Louis Santop
Mike Schmidt
Curt Schilling
Vin Scully
Tom Seaver
Frank Selee
Joe Sewell
Matsutaro Shoriki
Al Simmons
Ted Simmons
George Sisler
Enos Slaughter
Hilton Smith
Ozzie Smith
John Smoltz
Duke Snider
Billy Southworth
Warren Spahn
Albert Spalding
Tris Speaker
J.G. Taylor Spink
Willie Stargell
Victor Starffin
Joe Start
Turkey Stearnes
Casey Stengel
Harry Stovey
Bruce Sutter
Mule Suttles
Don Sutton
Ezra Sutton
C.I. Taylor
Bill Terry
Frank Thomas
Sam Thompson
Joe Torre
Cristobal Torriente
Alan Trammell
Pie Traynor
Kazuto Tsuruoka
Dazzy Vance
George Van Haltren
Arky Vaughan
Bill Veeck
Rube Waddell
Honus Wagner
Bobby Wallace
Ed Walsh
Paul Waner
John M. Ward
Earl Weaver
George Weiss
Willie Wells
Zack Wheat
Lou Whitaker
Deacon White
Hoyt Wilhelm
J.L. Wilkinson
Billy Williams
Dick Williams
Joe Williams
Ted Williams
Vic Willis
Hack Wilson
Jud Wilson
Dave Winfield
George Wright
Harry Wright
Early Wynn
Carl Yastrzemski
Cy Young
Robin Yount

[Chadwick]

Top Holdovers from Last Year's Election

Players Election
67% Sammy Sosa
56% Pete Browning, Larry Walker
50% Rafael Palmeiro
44% Jim Edmonds, Addie Joss, Vern Stephens, Bucky Walters
39% Lefty Gomez, Tommy Leach, Graig Nettles, Sam Rice
33% Sal Bando, Bobby Bonds, Kevin Brown, Dwight Evans, Billy Pierce, Lip Pike, Jimmy Wynn
28% Leon Day, Bob Elliott, Charlie Keller, Chuck Klein, Omar Linares, Hirumitsu Ochiai, Mickey Welch
22% Bob Johnson, Ernie Lombardi, Jimmy Ryan, Jimmy Sheckard, Lee Smith, Quincy Trouppe
17% Wally Berger, Gavvy Cravath, Kiki Cuyler, Heinie Manush, Tony Oliva, Jim Rice
11% Jim Bottomley, Herman Long, Dick Lundy, Jim McCormick, Thurman Munson, Don Newcombe, Rusty Staub
6% Chief Bender, Tommy Bridges, Cesar Cedeno, Bus Clarkson, Yutaka Enatsu, John Franco, Luis Gonzalez, Ron Guidry, Charley Jones, Masaaki Koyama, Al Oliver, Spotswood Poles, Phil Rizzuto, Al Rosen, Reggie Smith, Dave Stieb, Bobby Veach


Contributors Election
63% Buck Canel, Matsutaro Shoriki
56% Vic Harris, Billy Martin
50% Harry Caray, A.J. Reach
31% Jack Buck, George Steinbrenner
25% Bob Davids, Pat Gillick, Cal Hubbard, Frank Jobe, Davey Johnson, Ring Lardner, Shigeru Mizuhara
19% Nestor Chylak, Jocko Conlan, Ford Frick, Paul Krichell, Danny Murtaugh
13% Joe Cambria, Curt Flood, John B. Foster, Charlie Grimm, Doug Harvey, Jim Mutrie, David Neft, Jacob Ruppert, John Schuerholz, Ben Shibe, Alfred H. Spink, Frank Warfield
6% Al Barlick, Jim Bouton, Happy Chandler, Candy Cummings, Jacques Doucet, Billy Evans, Curt Gowdy, Gus Greenlee, John Heydlar, Bob Howsam, Ernie Lanigan, Bill McGowan, A.G. Mills, Dan Okrent, Frank Osborn, Lou Piniella, Felo Ramirez, Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Ty Tyson, Sol White

[Chadwick]

Newly Eligible Candidates

Players

Darrin Erstad
Cliff Floyd
Nomar Garciaparra
Brian Giles
Tom Gordon
Randy Johnson
Pedro Martinez
Troy Percival
Gary Sheffield
John Smoltz

[Paul Wendt]

Contributor candidates who are in other "Shadow Halls"

The "Best of Baseball" series in this forum has recognized four contributors who are candidates here. Two of them, Matsutaro Shoriki and Al Reach have been recognized also by the "Progressive Hall of Fame" series.

: Matsutaro Shoriki - the "father of professional baseball in Japan", founding owner of the Yomiuri Giants, founding president of the pro league
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsutaro_Shoriki

: Al Spink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Henry_Spink

: Al Reach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Reach

: Jake Ruppert - New York Yankees co-owner 1915-22, sole owner 1922-39
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Ruppert

These wikipedia entries are not so adequate as those for Schuerholz and Gillick (below).

[Chadwick]

NOTE ON ELIGIBILITY
In spite of his previous eligibility, Jim Edmonds played in the majors in 2010 and is therefore not eligible for the BBF HOF in this election.

[Chadwick]

If you're looking for your ballot from last year, you can find it in this thread.

[Paul Wendt]

Please note two recently eligible candidates, primarily General Managers.
: John Schuerholz (Kansas City 1981-1990 and Atlanta 1990-2007)
: Pat Gillick (Toronto 1978-1994, Baltimore 1996-1998, Seattle 2000-2003, Philadelphia 2006-2008)

They were eligible last year but that was not widely recognized before the election opened and many voters cast their ballots very early. Parenthetically I have listed their GM tenures. Since 2007 Schuerholz has been President for Atlanta. Before 1978 Gillick was briefly Scouting Director for Houston and the New York Yankees.

Sources:
"John Schuerholz" at wikipedia
"Pat Gillick" at wikipedia

[Cowtipper]

My tentative ballot, mostly copy/pasted from last year:

Bobby Bonds
Pete Browning
Kiki Cuyler
Dwight Evans
Lefty Gomez
Catfish Hunter
Randy Johnson
Addie Joss
Chuck Klein
Heinie Manush
Pedro Martinez
Al Oliver
Billy Pierce
Jim Rice
Sam Rice
Jimmy Ryan
Gary Sheffield
Lee Smith
John Smoltz
Sammy Sosa
Vern Stephens
Larry Walker
Mickey Welch

That leaves three spots open...they will most likely go to Rafael Palmeiro, Bucky Walters and Lip Pike.

[jalbright]

My ballot is likely to look rather like this:

My 2010 annual ballot

key:
red=Japanese League
blue=Negro Leagues
green=19th century
magenta=Castro-era Cuban

Players

1. Sal Bando, 3b
2. Buddy Bell, 3b
3. Bobby Bonds, of
4. Bus Clarkson, ss
5. Yutaka Enatsu, p
6. Randy Johnson, p
7. Charlie Keller, of
8. Masaaki Koyama, p (Japan)
9. Pedro Martinez, p
10. Graig Nettles, 3B
11. Hiromitsu Ochiai 1B/3B (Japan)
12. Phil Rizzuto, ss
13. Gary Sheffield, of
14. John Smoltz, p
15. Sammy Sosa, of
16. Dave Stieb, p
17. Quincy Trouppe, c
18. Larry Walker, of
19. Jimmy Wynn, of

Contributors
1. Buck Canel
2. Harry Caray
3. Bobby Cox
4. Bob Davids
5. Pat Gillick
6. Vic Harris
7. Billy Martin
8. Shigeru Mizuhara
9. David Neft
10. Al Reach
11. Jacob Ruppert
12. Ben Shibe
13. Matsutaro Shoriki
14. Joe Torre
15. Frank Warfield

A large shakeup in the players due to three factors: 1) The large number of players on my ballot elected last time, 2) The strong incoming candidates (Johnson, Sheffield, Martinez, Smoltz, Stieb), and 3) the new rating system I'm using causes me to drop some candidates I had supported and add a few I haven't.

On the contributor side, I'm going to mothball some low performing candidates (Jobe, Krichell, Okrent, Felo Ramirez, and Tyson) to make room for some others.

[Chadwick]

Tentatively...

Players Ballot
Bobby Bonds
Kevin Brown
Pete Browning
Gavvy Cravath
Bob Elliott
Charlie Keller
Randy Johnson
Charley Jones
Pedro Martinez
Graig Nettles
Hirumitsu Ochiai
Rafael Palmeiro
Billy Pierce
Lip Pike
Sam Rice
Jimmy Sheckard
Gary Sheffield
John Smoltz
Sammy Sosa
Dave Stieb
Vern Stephens
Quincy Trouppe
Larry Walker
Bucky Walters
Jimmy Wynn


Contributors Ballot
Bobby Cox
Bob Davids
Pat Gillick
Vic Harris
Billy Martin
Shigeru Mizuhara
Danny Murtaugh
Lou Piniella
A.J. Reach
Jacob Ruppert
Matsutaro Shoriki
John Schuerholz
Alfred H. Spink
George Steinbrenner
Joe Torre

[Senor Octobre]

According to post #2 Cox and Torre are already in our Hall and, actually, I remember voting them in a couple years ago. Am I missing something?

[Freakshow]

Being consistent with established practice for this project, Carlos Delgado should not be eligible. The Red Sox signed him in August 2010 and he played 5 games with Pawtucket before gettting injured. According to this article at KFFL he wants to play in 2011.

EDIT: Bartolo Colon should probably be listed with the new eligibles.

[jjpm74]

he wants to play in 2011.

So does Rickey Henderson.