Cal Ripken Jr, Tony Gwynn elected into the Hall-Of-Fame

[AdropOFvenom]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>NEW YORK -- Mark McGwire fell far short in his first try for the Hall of Fame, picked by 23.5 percent of voters while Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. easily gained baseball's highest honor.Tarnished by accusations of steroid use, McGwire appeared on 128 of a record 545 ballots in voting released Tuesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.Ripken was picked by 537 voters, appearing on 98.5 percent of ballots, falling just short of the record percentage of 98.84 set by Tom Seaver when he was selected on 425 of 430 ballots in 1992.Gwynn was just behind with 532 votes, 97.6 percent.Goose Gossage was third with 71.2 percent of the vote, falling just short of the 75 percent needed.The induction will take place July 29 in Cooperstown.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hof07/news/story?id=2725461I'm glad that McGwire didn't get in, although I felt Gossage should have.

 

[Nebkreb]

gossage definitely should have....if Sutter got in last year, than Gossage deserves to go. But i agree with the rest, Gwynn and Ripken obviously deserve it. Im sad that Paul Oneil only got 2.2%, which means that he is eliminated from further balloting.

 

[Brooksie5]

Blyleven should. 5th on all time strikeouts list, 9th on shutouts list (his 60 shutouts are more than Pedro, Glavine, and some other great MLB pitcher combined), finished in the top 5 of ERA 7 times... only 19 players have done that. 14 are in the Hall of Fame, 4 are active right now and are shoo-ins for the HoF, and the other is Blyleven. He's underrated as hell.

 

[DevinHester23]

Dawson missed out.

I really hope the veterens commitee votes in Ron Santo

 

[chang]

It's one of the bright days to be an O's fan.haha

 

[Agent Zero]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chang @ Jan 9 2007, 07:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It's one of the bright days to be an O's fan.haha</div>lol, I know how you feelHey, we got Aubrey Huff!

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[Jon_Vilma]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nebkreb @ Jan 9 2007, 12:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>gossage definitely should have....if Sutter got in last year, than Gossage deserves to go. But i agree with the rest, Gwynn and Ripken obviously deserve it. Im sad that Paul Oneil only got 2.2%, which means that he is eliminated from further balloting.</div>Paul O'Neil will live in Yankees history, regardless.

 

[iknobaer]

O'Neal shouldnt be in Hall Of Fame, as he wont be. Yeah, he can be a "yankee" hall of famer, because im sure he had the impact there.its kind of like how, jt snow will never be in the hall of fame, but he is easily a "giants" hall of fameri too disagree with gossage not getting in. everything went accordingly