tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420149012024426620.post1263928700539304450..comments2024-03-12T20:39:46.618-04:00Comments on Hot Corner Harbor: Examining the Hall of Fame Vote for StartersTheohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07356047156527558873noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420149012024426620.post-10747893004434765912014-01-10T15:08:29.808-05:002014-01-10T15:08:29.808-05:00For whatever reason, the hall has become much more...For whatever reason, the hall has become much more harsh on starters. Maybe it's the decrease in innings and their expectations haven't caught up? At the same time, though, I never realized where the Hall standards were until I saw the Hall of Stats and saw how easily players like Bret Saberhagen and David Cone got in based on precedent. But again, it's still a pretty big difference between those guys and Schilling & Mussina.Theohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07356047156527558873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420149012024426620.post-30078064565014202852014-01-10T09:07:50.833-05:002014-01-10T09:07:50.833-05:00Good point but is is a sad state that the HOF is s...Good point but is is a sad state that the HOF is so political (no surprise there) and doesn't stress or just recognize performance on the field. It is already laden with pill poppers, racists, and partial criminals but those guys still got in on their performance on the field. (granted some are in on political connections only). The writers that elect these guys are no saints themselves and shouldn't not be used as the method to pick HOFers!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17829368104751132084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420149012024426620.post-57613628652301179102014-01-10T08:59:05.891-05:002014-01-10T08:59:05.891-05:00The fact that Shilling and Mussina have the two lo...The fact that Shilling and Mussina have the two lowest K:BB ratios in the history of the modern game will get lost in future voting if voters don't look close enough at how good their control was throughout their tenure in the game. These two warrant induction based on their modern stats, old stats, and dominance. They are certainly as good or better than pitchers already inducted into the HOF. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17829368104751132084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420149012024426620.post-41647205221648010122014-01-09T10:48:31.659-05:002014-01-09T10:48:31.659-05:00You failed to recognize another bias by writers - ...You failed to recognize another bias by writers - who they like and dislike. Glavine is good looking, did a great commerical (chicks dig the longball) and was a key contributor to what the writers recognize as one of the greatest pitching staffs ever. Schilling is considered a blowhard and wears his political affiliation on his sleeve. Some writers even think the bloody sock thing was either faked or was his way of drawing more attention to himself. Mussina was always underrated and I've heard that he was surly to writers. He's very bright (Stanford) for an athlete and many writers are not so bright so they want to knock him down.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253191678450473683noreply@blogger.com