On getting elected to the Hall of Fame!

Henderson was named on 511 out of 539 ballots (surprising that 28 people did not vote for him) , and Rice slid in barely safely with 412 votes, just 7 more than the minimum number needed. Out of the misses, Andre Dawson (67%) and Bert Blyleven (62.7%) moved to within striking distance of future election. Tim Raines got only 22.6%, which I hope is just “not the first year but eventually” instead of “no”.

Matt Williams got 7 votes, which unfortunately was not enough to keep him on the ballot.

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I used to write an annual commentary about each year’s Hall of Fame ballot on another blog, but since that blog no longer exists, here it is.

With the New Years festivities beginning to recede in the rear view mirror and with it the winding down of (college) football season, it is once again that time of year, the annual announcement of this year’s enshrinees into the Baseball Hall of Fame. So without further ado, here is my commentary on this year’s candidates.

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