Dan Le Batard's HOF vote

[GTAdawg]

Curious to know what you baseball guys think about what Le Batard did by handing his HOF ballot over to Deadspin to fill out. I myself and mixed on it. Understand what he was trying to prove, but don't necessarily agree with handing it over to Deadspin either. Thoughts?

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[DesotoCountyDawg]

I don't have a problem with it. His vote became a fan vote. Fans should have at least one vote (it's such a small percentage of the total number of votes).

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

PTI lit him up yesterday. However, it's less stupid than refusing to vote for anyone, and since he checked the ballot and "approved" the choices, I don't know if there's an issue. His ballot wasn't ridiculous or anything looking it over, except maybe Edgar Martinez.

I also get his point, but this probably winds up with him losing his vote.

 

[FallAmericanDawg]

When there's 571 voters, one guy giving his vote up as a fan vote didn't really make an impact. I see nothing wrong with him doing it. And the ballot that was turned in was a good one. I just hate the 10-man limit. That's the reason Biggio didn't make it in this year

 

[sbcmortgageman]

I don't have a problem with handing it over for fans to vote. But he sold it, did not hand it over. That's the only problem I have with it.

 

[patdog]

I hate the 10-man limit too. It's way too high. The limit should be 5 or 6.

 

[HotMop]

I don't have a problem with handing it over for fans to vote. But he sold it, did not hand it over. That's the only problem I have with it.

Did you read the article?
"Le Batard, who also is a longtime columnist for the Miami Herald, did not accept anything in return for his vote."

 

[FallAmericanDawg]

I hate the 10-man limit too. It's way too high. The limit should be 5 or 6.

I disagree. I think the 10-man limit is too low. It should be somewhere around 12-15

 

[patdog]

It's the Hall of Fame. Not the Hall of Pretty Good Players.

 

[Desoto]

People are mad at this guy for turning in prob the most unbiased ballot of the last couple years yet the bbwaa is cool with defending people who voted to Jt snow. And people who didn't vote for Greg Maddux. Like I've said before the HOF doesn't mean much to me anymore. It's like the rock n roll HOF as far I'm concerned.

 

[GTAdawg]

Via his twitter, he said the Baseball Writers Association took away his voting privilege, and banned his media credentials to games for a year.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

10 is fine.

The top 3 or 4 at best will get in on any given year so moving it to five is pretty pointless.

 

[FallAmericanDawg]

It's the Hall of Fame. Not the Hall of Pretty Good Players.

100% agree. But Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines, and Alan Trammell were not just "pretty good." Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were not just "pretty good." The backlog of guys on the ballot hurts those guys, as we saw with Biggio falling 2 votes shy of going in this year. And it'll still be a problem with next year's locks being Biggio, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, and John Smoltz. That leaves only six spots for about 8-10 guys that should be voted for.


Ken Rosenthal: "Some voters reached the 10-man limit and said they still could not find room for Biggio. In other words, Biggio had support from more than 75 percent of the electorate and some just couldn’t find room for him."

 

[Tin Cup Cowboy]

But he sold it, did not hand it over. That's the only problem I have with it.

HA....I love when people do this on here.

 

[jakldawg]

So he can't see his hometown Marlins for free anymore? Way to teach that guy a lesson!
I guess the BBWAA can't tolerate the idea of such a sleazebag being allowed to stay in their ranks.