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2016 MLB Season - Curses, foiled again?

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That is a great article title, especially with the comments relating to it. Clearly the Chargers should have gone with a **** broad or a gangster octopus.

I honestly have no idea what was in those four *s. This is the first time I have not been able to figure something out from context. :)

Let it be, I like the mystery.
 
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I honestly have no idea what was in those four *s. This is the first time I have not been able to figure something out from context. :)

Let it be, I like the mystery.

It was "yxes" backwards. Apparently we can't say that now???
 
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6 PM is the HOF announcement.

I've got in:

Ivan Rodriguez, Trevor Hoffman, Tim Raines, Vlad Guerrero

I think Edgar Martinez and Jeff Bagwell miss.
 
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Trevor Hoffman missed by 5 votes (74%). Vlad came in at 71.4%.

Could be a big class next year, with Jim Thome, Chipper Jones and Omar Vizquel all 1st timers on the ballot.
 
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Really happy for Raines. You can't keep screwing the guy for spending his prime in Montreal where nobody saw him play. I expect Guerrero will be next. Between those two and Dawson already being in, that ought to cover it for our friends to the north. ;)

Bagwell I don't care either way. Ivan Rodriquez was arguably greatest catcher of all time so 1st time on the ballot induction is worthy.

For the guys who didn't make it, I'm not on the Edgar Martinez train although I think he gets in eventually. IMHO he's actually being hurt by Ortiz who has a better case to be the first pure DH in the HOF if the voters want to wait 5 years.

I'd put Trevor Hoffman in there. Again not the guy's fault he was stuck on the Padres all those years.
 
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Rodriguez is in the top 3 at the bare minimum (along with Bench and Berra. Yes, Berra). To me, he's a slam dunk.

Guerrero and Hoffman all but have their tickets punched at this point. We could very easily see a 5 man class next year. I think it's going to be razor-thin with Edgar Martinez, but I suspect he ends up in front of the Veterans Committee.

For all the talk about Clemens and Bonds making big jumps, they're still ~90 votes short at this point, with 5 years to go. I'm not sure the Veterans Committee is going to be too kind to them if it comes to that.
 
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I am still mystified by the people who think Sammy Sosa should be in.
 
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Not sure how many years he has left but Mussina has to be happy. I've come around on him a bit since he did play his entire career in the AL East, facing off against world champions in his own division like the Blue Jays, Yankees and Red Sox.

Next year I think the only slam dunks are Chipper Jones and Thome. That most likely gets Hoffman and Vlady in as well. Visquel (Ozzie Smith rule), Andrew Jones, etc are going to need a few more years.
 
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Andruw Jones has a wait ahead of him. I would not be surprised to see Vizquel get in, barely, to make for a class of 5. Chipper and Thome are slam dunks to me, and as I said before, Vlad and Hoffman are all but in next year.
 
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