Congratulations to Andre Dawson, but the voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame is a joke.
Every year baseball fans make a big deal about the Hall of Fame elections. Every year before the votes are cast, writers everywhere make their cases for who deserves to be in and who doesn't. Every year when all is said and done the fans complain about who got in and who didn't get in.
Bert Blyleven is the strongest force in the complaint department this year.
This year's crop of players gave us a much less obvious list of candidates than last year. Rickey Henderson was by far deserving of getting to Cooperstown. This year there was nobody as obvious.
That's all well and good; there are very few players like Rickey and they won't be on the ballot every year. But there are many players who will get in ...
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Bert Blyleven Is Still Waiting for the Hall Call, But Why?
Posted: 6th January 2010 by Joe Hojnacki in MLBComments Off on Bert Blyleven Is Still Waiting for the Hall Call, But Why?