Cast your HOF ballot

[bravosfan]

On MLB.com you can choose who you believe deserves HOF enshrinement (of those eligible this year). Link

I only voted for Bert Blyleven and Andre Dawson.. I go back and forth on a few guys like Murphy, Morris and Rice, but they just don't quite make my HOF.

[redskinrussell]

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Here is my ballot:

Goose Gossage, Bert Blyleven, Jack Morris, Andre Dawson, Don Mattingly, Jim Rice

[SPTO]

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Yikes what a weak crop!

Here's my ballot:

Blyleven, Gossage, Hershiser, Jack Morris, Rice, Smith, Trammell

[Ckhoss29]

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Yikes what a weak crop!

Here's my ballot:

Blyleven, Gossage, Hershiser, Jack Morris, Rice, Smith, Trammell

I totally agree with that statement about the best time a tweener guy can make it.

If Goose or Bert don't get in this year, I don't see them ever making it.

[X*Cell]

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No love for Ozzie???

[SportsTop]

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My list:

Bert Blyleven: 287 wins and he retired 3rd on the all-time strike-out list (currently 5th). His curveball is widely considered the best baseball has ever seen.

Andre Dawson: A great offensive and defensive player who played in relative obscurity for much of the prime of his career. His numbers are too good to ignore.

Dale Murphy: I was never a big Dale Murphy fan, but he should benefit from a weak class. He was a 30/30 guy when it actually meant something and a great defensive outfielder. He should have eclipsed 400 HRs, but he was also a victim of the strike season(s) of '80-'81. Something needs to be said about his two MVP awards as well.

Jim Rice: A dominant player for a 7-year stretch (two of those tarnished by the strike years of '80-'81). He should easily have 400+ HRs and 2500+ hits if not for the strike. If you are a dominant offensive player for that length of time then you should be in the HOF.

Lee Smith: It isn't his fault he was made a closer. All he did was set the all-time saves record.

There are some worthy and some not. There is no way players like Orel Hershiser or Ozzie Guillen should even sniff the HOF. Mattingly is a guy with a bubble career, but in the end he just didn't play long enough and his numbers took a massive nosedive and an early age.

[caseyd]

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Look at my avatar. That's my vote.

Other than Murph, I would vote for Andre Dawson, Burt Blyleven, Jim Rice, Lee Smith, Jack Morris and Goose Gossage.

[Nyrican127]

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Andre Dawson
Jack Morris
Jim Rice, who should be in now.
Lee Smith