HOF vote today-does the kid get 100%?

[mscott59]

no one's ever been a unanimous entry, on any ballot let alone his first. ken griffey jr has a shot today. tom seaver garnered the highest vote count, back in '92 (425 of 430; 98.84%). bonds, clemens, piazza, bagwell and raines are among the others on the ballot.

[daleko]

Jan 6, 2016 11:49:49 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

no one's ever been a unanimous entry, on any ballot let alone his first. ken griffey jr has a shot today. tom seaver garnered the highest vote count, back in '92 (425 of 430; 98.84%). bonds, clemens, piazza, bagwell and raines are among the others on the ballot.

Haven't checked the news at this second but I doubt it. Some few, somewhere will believe no one gets in on the first. 

[beuycek]

Almost... 99.3% of the votes. Whoever the three voters were that left him off should be shot. Figuratively speaking, of course.

And huge kudos to the greatest hitting catcher of all-time on finally getting in. Well deserved.

[canefan]

Jan 6, 2016 21:07:17 GMT -5 beuycek said:

Almost... 99.3% of the votes. Whoever the three voters were that left him off should be shot. Figuratively speaking, of course.

And huge kudos to the greatest hitting catcher of all-time on finally getting in. Well deserved.

Dan LeBatard tweeted that he did not vote for the kid. No explanation, but a lot of the older writers always said Babe Ruth didn't get 100% of the vote that first year so nobody ever will.

[oujour76]

Jan 7, 2016 13:43:09 GMT -5 canefan said:

Jan 6, 2016 21:07:17 GMT -5 beuycek said:

Almost... 99.3% of the votes. Whoever the three voters were that left him off should be shot. Figuratively speaking, of course.

And huge kudos to the greatest hitting catcher of all-time on finally getting in. Well deserved.

Dan LeBatard tweeted that he did not vote for the kid. No explanation, but a lot of the older writers always said Babe Ruth didn't get 100% of the vote that first year so nobody ever will.

I like Junior and he is definitely deserving of the HOF. As for the 99.3%...you're right that it has been kind of a tradition that nobody gets 100%, which is both silly and kind of cool all at the same time. If that tradition were not in place tons of guys would have had 100%...Mays, Aaron, Clemente, Mantle, Ryan, Maddux, DiMaggio, Williams just to name a few.

[beuycek]

Jan 7, 2016 13:43:09 GMT -5 canefan said:

Jan 6, 2016 21:07:17 GMT -5 beuycek said:

Almost... 99.3% of the votes. Whoever the three voters were that left him off should be shot. Figuratively speaking, of course.

And huge kudos to the greatest hitting catcher of all-time on finally getting in. Well deserved.

Dan LeBatard tweeted that he did not vote for the kid. No explanation, but a lot of the older writers always said Babe Ruth didn't get 100% of the vote that first year so nobody ever will.

LeBatard irritates me but I get where he was coming from. And like Harry said, it is kind of cool that no one has ever been unanimous.

[canefan]

Jan 7, 2016 14:57:10 GMT -5 beuycek said:

Jan 7, 2016 13:43:09 GMT -5 canefan said:

Dan LeBatard tweeted that he did not vote for the kid. No explanation, but a lot of the older writers always said Babe Ruth didn't get 100% of the vote that first year so nobody ever will.

LeBatard irritates me but I get where he was coming from. And like Harry said, it is kind of cool that no one has ever been unanimous.

It has just become a tradition over the years. As I said, early on the voters decided if Ruth didn't get 100% then nobody ever would deserve it. BTW, saw on Highly Questionable that Lebatard said he didn't vote for him because his vote was taken away and he was banned for life because he let Deadspin vote for him a few years ago. So he didn't vote at all. Technically he was correct, but, as he so often does, he was just playing games to see what people would say.

[Buckeye Dale]

Jan 7, 2016 18:36:27 GMT -5 canefan said:

Jan 7, 2016 14:57:10 GMT -5 beuycek said:

LeBatard irritates me but I get where he was coming from. And like Harry said, it is kind of cool that no one has ever been unanimous.

It has just become a tradition over the years. As I said, early on the voters decided if Ruth didn't get 100% then nobody ever would deserve it. BTW, saw on Highly Questionable that Lebatard said he didn't vote for him because his vote was taken away and he was banned for life because he let Deadspin vote for him a few years ago. So he didn't vote at all. Technically he was correct, but, as he so often does, he was just playing games to see what people would say.

Hey, all those clicks equal more advertising dollars... he learned that from kraM yaM

[canefan]

Jan 7, 2016 22:28:29 GMT -5 Buckeye Dale said:

Jan 7, 2016 18:36:27 GMT -5 canefan said:

It has just become a tradition over the years. As I said, early on the voters decided if Ruth didn't get 100% then nobody ever would deserve it. BTW, saw on Highly Questionable that Lebatard said he didn't vote for him because his vote was taken away and he was banned for life because he let Deadspin vote for him a few years ago. So he didn't vote at all. Technically he was correct, but, as he so often does, he was just playing games to see what people would say.

Hey, all those clicks equal more advertising dollars... he learned that from kraM yaM

I really have never cared for Dan much, but I do love his dad on the show. He and Bomani Jones are the reason to watch.

[Walter]

Jan 8, 2016 6:19:23 GMT -5 canefan said:

Jan 7, 2016 22:28:29 GMT -5 Buckeye Dale said:

Hey, all those clicks equal more advertising dollars... he learned that from kraM yaM

I really have never cared for Dan much, but I do love his dad on the show. He and Bomani Jones are the reason to watch.

He has a morning radio show as well, at least here in Los Angeles.
It's awful.

[mscott59]

Jan 8, 2016 15:56:53 GMT -5 Walter said:

Jan 8, 2016 6:19:23 GMT -5 canefan said:

I really have never cared for Dan much, but I do love his dad on the show. He and Bomani Jones are the reason to watch.

He has a morning radio show as well, at least here in Los Angeles.
It's awful.

yeah lebatard replaced cowherd not long after he announced he was moving over to fox. didn't agree all the time w/colin but thought he was much better on air than lebatard. if i'm in my car between 10 am-1 pm est during the week, i'm usually flipping over to the college sports channel on sirius. he seems to try so hard to be hip. and the misleading 'i didn't vote for griffey' thing, when he didn't have his vote any more... i think intentionally misleading his audience is not a good way to win them over.

[oujour76]

Jan 8, 2016 16:48:18 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

and the misleading 'i didn't vote for griffey' thing, when he didn't have his vote any more... i think intentionally misleading his audience is not a good way to win them over.

Who does he think he is? Barack Obama?

[canefan]

Jan 8, 2016 15:56:53 GMT -5 Walter said:

Jan 8, 2016 6:19:23 GMT -5 canefan said:

I really have never cared for Dan much, but I do love his dad on the show. He and Bomani Jones are the reason to watch.

He has a morning radio show as well, at least here in Los Angeles.
It's awful.

Not a big fan of Dan but I could not stand Cowherd.

[mscott59]

Jan 8, 2016 16:58:10 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Jan 8, 2016 16:48:18 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

and the misleading 'i didn't vote for griffey' thing, when he didn't have his vote any more... i think intentionally misleading his audience is not a good way to win them over.

Who does he think he is? Barack Obama?

Obama has a hof vote???

[canefan]

Jan 9, 2016 12:15:33 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Jan 8, 2016 16:58:10 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Who does he think he is? Barack Obama?

Obama has a hof vote???

Nah, he would just put someone he wanted into the Hall by Executive Order. <g> Now I apologize for even that much political talk.