Friday, December 31, 2010

AMERICA VOTED:  The results of this year's ALOTT5MA balloting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame are in, which you can compare with the ongoing BBTF compilation of disclosed BBWAA ballots (we're much higher on Jeff Bagwell, and lower on Jack Morris and Lee Smith):

Inducted:
R Alomar: 48 (of 51) votes (94.12%)
J Bagwell: 43 votes (84.31%)
B Blyleven: 40 votes (78.43%)

Ouch:
B Larkin: 38 votes (74.51%)
T Raines: 36 votes (70.59%)


Significantly Supported:
M McGwire: 28 votes (54.90%), A Trammell:  25 votes (49.02%), E Martinez: 23 votes (45.10%)

Pockets of Support:
J Morris and L Walker, 12 votes each (23.53%)

Still on the Ballot:
D Murphy, 6 votes (11.76%), K Brown 5 votes (9.80%), D Mattingly and R Palmeiro, 4 votes (7.84%), H Baines 3 votes (5.88%).

At Least Got One Vote:
J Franco, F McGriff, D Parker, L Smith, A Leiter, T Martinez, J Olerud.