We would imagine he has some butterflies in his stomach. Maybe his heart is beating just a bit more than it normally does. He must be doing a lot of thinking at his home in Arizona. Must be stressful.
The former Expos’ great wonders if National Baseball Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson will call him in the next couple of days and tell him he’s been inducted into the fabled shrine in Cooperstown, N.Y. Wouldn’t that be something if that call was made.
It will be interesting to see the results of the voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Raines is in the picture because we see some hope as expressed in a tracking system by several people, who are keeping tabs on public revelations by some of the voters.
Below the results listed so far, Pick 10 players who you believe should be in the Baseball Hall Of Fame this year. We will post the results after the class of this year is posted. We can see the amount of people who voted.
So we will accurately adjust this mark once the poll ends. A basic reference to see if a player is being voted for is to take their votes (times by 10) and then divide by the total amount of votes.
Here are the 32 names on the list for consideration.
So Far (at 7:30 AM EST) there have been 157 People who have voted, and only 2 people have left Ken Griffey JR. off of their list. Piazza and Raines would both join Junior on the Baseball Hall Of Fame Induction list should this come to fruition.
I think the BBWAA should really take stock on the Clemens and Bonds numbers as they are far superior to what they voted for.
I also think that Hoffman is hurt by his 1st year on the ballot. A lot of people may have factored this in.
I really think Raines is going to see a big boost to his bid for the Baseball Hall Of Fame with it being his 9th year on the ballot. Under the new rules, that means that 2017’s Baseball Hall Of Fame Class would be his last chance to be elected to Cooperstown.
Out of 157 People Voting, The Results Thus Far (75% would get a Hall Of Fame Induction)
Ken Griffey Jr.
155
98.72%
Mike Piazza
129
76.43%
Tim Raines
129
76.43%
Jeff Bagwell
110
70.06%
Barry Bonds
106
67.52%
Roger Clemens
105
66.88%
Trevor Hoffman
84
53.51%
Edgar Martinez
77
49.04%
Mark McGwire
77
49.04%
Mike Mussina
75
47.78%
Curt Schilling
71
45.22%
Sammy Sosa
61
38.86%
Lee Smith
52
33.12%
Alan Trammell
52
33.12%
Fred McGriff
47
29.34%
Larry Walker
46
29.29%
Jeff Kent
41
26.11%
Gary Sheffield
32
20.38%
Billy Wagner
31
19.75%
Jim Edmonds
24
15.29%
Nomar Garciaparra
19
12.11%
MIke Lowell
2
0.12%
Luis Castillo
1
0.06%
Randy Winn
1
0.06%
Jason Kendall
1
0.06%
Garret Anderson
1
0.06%
Mark Grudzielanek
1
0.06%
Mike Sweeney
1
0.06%
David Eckstein
1
0.06%
Brad Ausmus
1
0.06%
Troy Glaus
0
0%
Mike Hampton
0
0%
Vote today. The Hall Of Fame Class of 2016 will be announced tomorrow.
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