rafikz Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 (edited) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hof10/news/story?id=4801847 Edited January 6, 2010 by rafikz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoZed Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Finally! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 "Deep fly ball to centre field, that ball is up, up, and away! A home run for Andre Dawson." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quebecois Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Hopefully he goes in wearing the right Cap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoZed Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Just looked at the list: HAWK FLIES IN AT LAST Eight-time All-Star Andre Dawson, on his ninth try, got in with 77.9 percent of the vote (539 votes were cast; 405 were needed for induction). Mark McGwire, in his fourth year of eligibility, received 10 more votes than last year, and matched the total from his first two times on the ballot. Player Votes Pct. Andre Dawson 420 77.9 Bert Blyleven 400 74.2 Roberto Alomar 397 73.7 Jack Morris 282 52.3 Barry Larkin 278 51.6 Lee Smith 255 47.3 Edgar Martinez 195 36.2 Tim Raines 164 30.4 Mark McGwire 128 23.7 Alan Trammell 121 22.4 Fred McGriff 116 21.5 Don Mattingly 87 16.1 Dave Parker 82 15.2 Dale Murphy 63 11.7 Harold Baines 33 6.1 Andres Galarraga 22 4.1 Man, that's all the guys I grew up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakiqc Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Hopefully he goes in wearing the right Cap! Pardon my ignorance but do we have an Expos in the HOF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Pardon my ignorance but do we have an Expos in the HOF? I think Gary Carter is the only one so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quebecois Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Carter is the only one. Looks like we got Dawson (I would be surprised if he wore a Cubs hat.) I think Guerrero should be a HOFer and has a decent chance to go in wearing a Spos hat as well. Tim Raines appears to be getting the shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 The Chicago Tribune said Dawson will retire as an Expos. http://www.rds.ca/baseball/chroniques/291527.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhfarber Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 The Chicago Tribune said Dawson will retire as an Expos. http://www.rds.ca/baseball/chroniques/291527.html Good to hear. Shame Alomar didn't get in, then we'd have had an all Canadian inductee ceremony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I believe that the league tells the player which hat they wear now. New rule as of a couple of years back. I also think Alomar is a classless ass. He horked on an ump and got away with it. Even got a suspended sentence, being allowed to play in the post-season that year before being suspended for a few the following year. That was the reason I stopped following baseball. A player was *that* disrespectful, and it was allowed to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhfarber Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I believe that the league tells the player which hat they wear now. New rule as of a couple of years back. I also think Alomar is a classless ass. He horked on an ump and got away with it. Even got a suspended sentence, being allowed to play in the post-season that year before being suspended for a few the following year. That was the reason I stopped following baseball. A player was *that* disrespectful, and it was allowed to go. I think if the umpire in question (John Hirschbeck) can accept his apology you should too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I think if the umpire in question (John Hirschbeck) can accept his apology you should too . It's not the apology in question, it's the ethics of the league. The players are bigger than the sport - particularly in MLB. That gets proven again and again. You do that kind of stuff in any other pro league and you're toast. In MLB? Don't say anything against the players, or they'll strike. Union is too strong and the league is a joke. Witness the amounts that the Yanks pay for their club, and at the other end of the spectrum, a team like the A's. No respect for the game at all. So why should I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzer Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Not that he was happy with the decision to go in as an Expo. "I'm disappointed," Dawson told the ESPN Radio affiliate. "I can proudly say that because Chicago was my preference." http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Basebal...-as-Expo-012710 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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