MLB 2014: I paid the $20 mil posting fee for the right to start this thread

[JF_Gophers]

I can sort of understand his rationale though. If he genuinely believes the ten guys he voted for, plus Randy and Pedro, all deserve to be in the Hall, then leaving off the lockiest of locks and voting for the more borderline cases is a reasonable way to try to bring that about. And the ten guys he voted for are (if you ask me) all reasonable votes; it's not like he left Pedro out to vote for Everyday Eddie.

I'd be for the rationale if a player is near the end of his ballot time. Otherwise just put in the 10 most deserving and get the extras later.

Need to get this backlog thinned out by either putting more in or letting them drop off.

[MountieBoyOz]

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Sadly Edgar Martinez gets no love.

[jen]

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Three first-balloters in a single year? Holy hell!

Happened with Yount, Ryan and Brett too.

[Kepler]

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One of these things is not like the other.

I'll say.

[Kepler]

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Sadly Edgar Martinez gets no love.

He aint gonna make it, and that makes me sad.

[dxmnkd316]

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So I'm looking at the public ballots and there are a few things that just don't make sense:

1. People that voted for Clemens but not Bonds (Jerry Green)
2. People that voted for Bonds but not Clemens (Barry Rozner)
3. People that voted for Clemens, Pedro, and Smoltz, but not Johnson (George Willis)

Things that make sense:
1. The final results
2. People who didn't vote for any of the first balloters haven't publicly released their ballots. They're faceless cowards.

[Hammer]

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Jerry Green is a senile 85ish year old imbecile who only writes a weekly column because the Detroit News doesn't want to get sued for age discrimination. That tells you all you need to know about Jerry Green.

The other two don't appear to be much better.

[dxmnkd316]

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Jerry Green is a senile 85ish year old imbecile who only writes a weekly column because the Detroit News doesn't want to get sued for age discrimination. That tells you all you need to know about Jerry Green.

The other two don't appear to be much better.

Ah, so Sid Hartman but about 10-12 years younger.

[JF_Gophers]

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The Twins pitchers and catchers report Feb 22nd. As of now they could actually be worse than last years team!

D. Santana , ss
B. Dozier , 2b
J. Mauer , 1b
K. Vargas , dh
T. Hunter , rf
O. Arcia , lf
T. Plouffe , 3b
K. Suzuki , c
A. Hicks , cf

P. Hughes , sp
E. Santana , sp
R. Nolasco , sp
K. Gibson , sp
T. Milone , sp

[bigblue_dl]

Re: MLB 2014: I paid the $20 mil posting fee for the right to start this thread

The Twins pitchers and catchers report Feb 22nd. As of now they could actually be worse than last years team!

D. Santana , ss
B. Dozier , 2b
J. Mauer , 1b
K. Vargas , dh
T. Hunter , rf
O. Arcia , lf
T. Plouffe , 3b
K. Suzuki , c
A. Hicks , cf

P. Hughes , sp
E. Santana , sp
R. Nolasco , sp
K. Gibson , sp
T. Milone , sp

No, that team is better than last year. Not good, but it is a slight improvement.

[dxmnkd316]

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Sounds like Scherzer is heading to the Nationals for 7 years. Didn't see a money figure.

[state of hockey]

No, that team is better than last year. Not good, but it is a slight improvement.

You are forgetting to take into consideration half of that roster being out for months with injuries a few weeks in.

[Hammer]

Sounds like Scherzer is heading to the Nationals for 7 years. Didn't see a money figure.

I think it's in the 180 range.