2006 Hall of Fame Ballot

jcrmoon42 · Post by **jcrmoon42** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:24 pm

Ballot time again. Nobody at risk of elimination just yet, and three new names on the ballot. Ballots due to me by the end of the Championship Series.

Please cut and paste the LOWER section of the ballot into a PM to me. You will need to download the spreadsheet from Google Docs to edit it.

Cheatsheet Here

Ballots received from:
Long Beach
Birmingham
Valencia
Las Vegas
New Orleans
Des Moines
Marquette
Buffalo
Louisville
California
Hawaii
Madison
Montreal
Baltimore
Carolina
Omaha

Still awaiting ballots from:
Washington
Greenville
Phoenix
Chicago
Vancouver
Atlantic City
Seattle
Calgary

7teen · Post by **7teen** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:27 pm

Doh, I meant to petition you to get Long Chamberlain on this year's ballot and forgot. Maybe next season.

YouTube · Post by **recte44** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:45 pm

Riley Hinson. Just do it.

7teen · Post by **7teen** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:07 am

recte44 wrote:Riley Hinson. Just do it.

Over Gary Barr and his 3,300 hits!?

JimBob2232 · Post by **JimBob2232** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:12 am

Gary Barr is a lock in my opinion. I rarely vote anyone #1 on my first ballot...but he gets it for me.

YouTube · Post by **recte44** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:24 am

Both Barr and Hinson. #1 and #2.

jcrmoon42 · Post by **jcrmoon42** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:11 am

7teen wrote:Doh, I meant to petition you to get Long Chamberlain on this year's ballot and forgot. Maybe next season.

I think he disappeared a season or two before we started doing this. Mysteriously, magically dropped from the league history.

He was close to 600 homers when he died and was easily one of the league's most amazing hitters. I say we just put him in. You guys let me know what you think.

jcrmoon42 · Post by **jcrmoon42** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:19 am

Looking through past posts about Long Chamberlain, he had 592 homers, 1477 RBI, 1212 runs scored and a 135 OPS+. There are 4 players listed in our history with 60 or more homers in a season with Joe Belinda holding the record with 64. None of those 4 did it twice. Chamberlain hit more than 64 twice, with a massive league record of 73 (67 in the other) and a third season with 63. Belinda holds the league record with 180 RBI in a season, a whopping 21 more than second place. Chamberlain had 182 in 1986. He had the second most runs scored in a season that year as well.

7teen · Post by **7teen** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:59 am

I think Chamberlain should be in. On the ballot or off the ballot.

YouTube · Post by **recte44** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:50 pm

I just wish he hadn't disappeared from our league's history.

jcrmoon42 · Post by **jcrmoon42** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:48 pm

If there aren't any objections at all, I'm going to put him.

JimBob2232 · Post by **JimBob2232** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:08 am

Maybe this is something to be taken up by a veterans committee

I kid. I kid.

jcrmoon42 · Post by **jcrmoon42** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:33 am

Speaking of that, I think that anybody who has a major gripe with someone who has been left out should always feel free to bring it up. While we don't have any sort of Veteran's Committee, that doesn't mean we don't have a democratic system where someone who has been truly wronged can be put in. You don't need rules to do the right thing.

That said, with how much voting is all over the place on each ballot, it would be very difficult for most "overlooked" players to get any sort of consensus agreement on their election.

For example, I have no idea in the world Rashardo Menne, Jr. doesn't get more attention. He is usually the best batter on the ballot in terms of OPS+. He hit 228 homers and stole 579 bases. He walked over 1100 times. On top of that, he was a shortstop. In a sheer comparison, he stands out over almost every person he has been on a ballot with. Still, he has been on the ballot since 1999 and gets middling attention from voters. If he doesn't make it, it seems I wouldn't get a lot of support from people who put him 8th on their ballot every year.

jcrmoon42 · Post by **jcrmoon42** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:42 am

I find it interesting for some reason that after the first weekend of voting, the entire FL Midwest has voted but only one team from the whole JL has done so. That probably says something. I have no idea what it says.

trmmilwwi · Post by **trmmilwwi** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:51 am

jcrmoon42 wrote:I find it interesting for some reason that after the first weekend of voting, the entire FL Midwest has voted but only one team from the whole JL has done so. That probably says something. I have no idea what it says.

LOL, just awesome! Bringing mediocrity to the league one vote at a time!!

jcrmoon42 · Post by **jcrmoon42** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:12 pm

Wocka Wocka

jcrmoon42 · Post by **jcrmoon42** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:04 pm

Still lots of ballots out there, and the clock is winding down!

SeattleGM · Post by **SeattleGM** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 4:42 pm

As the new guy, I'll admit I'm not entirely sure what to do for the ballots.

Where do I fill mine out?

jcrmoon42 · Post by **jcrmoon42** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:44 pm

Just download the file from the link in the first post. Rank all 15 players in the upper section of the spreadsheet, and cut and paste the results from the lower section in a PM to me.

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