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[Hollywood Cannon]

Walker and Jeter in. Jeter only didn't get 1 vote.

That one person deserves a medal. They’re my hero.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

That one person deserves a medal. They’re my hero.

Same. Great post.

 

[Tripod]

Larry is great!!

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Three people didn’t vote Griffey Jr. a few years ago. That’s far bigger of an astonishing act than one guy not voting for Jeter.

 

[Van Buren Boy]

Love this guy already

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Three people didn’t vote Griffey Jr. a few years ago. That’s far bigger of an astonishing act than one guy not voting for Jeter.

And that is why that one guy is my hero.

It’s an abomination that Rivera was unanimous and Jeter missed one vote while Griffey wasn’t even close.

No one should be unanimous if some past players weren’t. Let alone someone like Jeter who might be the most overrated athlete of all time.

 

[Van Buren Boy]

Love the fact that Walker got in. These baseball writers are terrible. You have an asshat like Peter Gammons who voted for Walker every year then this year he decides not to vote for him. Did his stats change from previous years?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Love the fact that Walker got in. These baseball writers are terrible. You have an asshat like Peter Gammons who voted for Walker every year then this year he decides not to vote for him. Did his stats change from previous years?

Probably knew he was getting in so he voted for someone else instead.

 

[Van Buren Boy]

And that is why that one guy is my hero.

It’s an abomination that Rivera was unanimous and Jeter missed one vote while Griffey wasn’t even close.

No one should be unanimous if some past players weren’t. Let alone someone like Jeter who might be the most overrated athlete of all time.

Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver weren't unanimous yet Rivera was? Jeter entered with a higher % than those two.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

And that is why that one guy is my hero.

It’s an abomination that Rivera was unanimous and Jeter missed one vote while Griffey wasn’t even close.

No one should be unanimous if some past players weren’t. Let alone someone like Jeter who might be the most overrated athlete of all time.

I think it’s stupid for most cases but in this case it’s just hilarious to me.

Is Jeter even a 99.7% voting percentage guy if he played elsewhere than the New York Yankees?

 

[Van Buren Boy]

Probably knew he was getting in so he voted for someone else instead.

or he could have voted for both

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I think it’s stupid for most cases but in this case it’s just hilarious to me.

Is Jeter even a 99.7% voting percentage guy if he played elsewhere than the New York Yankees?

He’s probably not even an 80% guy.

*Unless it takes 80% to get in then, he’s an 80% guy. I was just throwing a number out there.

 

[Jtown]

Walker and Jeter in. Jeter only didn't get 1 vote.

that has to be the highest percentage ever. hilarious

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

that has to be the highest percentage ever. hilarious

For a position player, yes.
Mariano Rivera was unanimous.

What a coincidence?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver weren't unanimous yet Rivera was? Jeter entered with a higher % than those two.

I think you’re seeing older voters who adhere to the unwritten rule of nobody gets in 100% aging out with newer voters who couldn’t care less about that. The steroid guys voting percentages going up is probably a product of that as well.

There was a lot of public blow back when Griffey didn’t get 100%. I guess Rivera somehow was a product of not letting that happen again & voters just not having a real disagreement with him.

 

[Jtown]

For a position player, yes.
Mariano Rivera was unanimous.

What a coincidence?

whoa first unanimous. I figured if Cal wasn't unanimous no one would be.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

that has to be the highest percentage ever. hilarious

The best thing about it is that you just know that it is going to drive him absolutely nuts for the rest of his life. Delicious.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Rivera shouldn’t have been the first 100% but that’s on all those dumb voters in the past for going by that unwritten rule.

So now he’s now your first 100% guy instead of Ruth, Aaron, Mays, Ryan, Seaver, etc. Eventually people were going to call bullshit on the logic behind it & not adhere to it.

 

[Jtown]

The best thing about it is that you just know that it is going to drive him absolutely nuts for the rest of his life. Delicious.

between being filthy rich, owner of a baseball team, and banging models left and right i don't think it will play too large of a role in his life.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

between being filthy rich, owner of a baseball team, and banging models left and right i don't think it will play too large of a role in his life.

It shouldn't, right? But it absolutely will. That's why it is so delicious. And BTW, he dated Mariah Carey, who has been trash for about two decades now. You and I could do (and have done) better than that.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

It shouldn’t bother Jeter as in the end he still got in pretty convincingly on his first try (he has the highest positional voting percentage over Griffey to this point).

Yankee fans & other Jeter fanboys melting down though has made it great.

 

[Jtown]

It shouldn't, right? But it absolutely will. That's why it is so delicious. And BTW, he dated Mariah Carey, who has been trash for about two decades now. You and I could do (and have done) better than that.

speaking of hook ups. I have to thank HFBoards for getting me laid. Saw a woman with a Le Habitant jersey on and said " I bet your favorite player is Saku Koivu" ( Koivu is a god in Montreal) She was like poutine in my hand.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

It shouldn’t bother Jeter as in the end he still got in pretty convincingly on his first try (he has the highest positional voting percentage over Griffey to this point).

Yankee fans & other Jeter fanboys melting down though has made it great.

Again - it shouldn't, but it will. Which is AWESOME.

 

[Cody Webster]

Ozuna signs with the Braves

 

[Jtown]

larry walker's home away splits are quite dramatic. 200 ops difference? that has to be the highest among any hof.

Speaking of home away splits, looking at Aaron judge one must think
the yankees play in coors field east or there are some trashcans getting beat.