Comments on: The Ballot Battle http://www.futilityinfielder.com/wordpress/2012/01/the-ballot-battle.shtml Brooklyn-based Sports Illustrated author Jay Jaffe's blog Wed, 06 Sep 2017 15:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.40 By: Lou Doench http://www.futilityinfielder.com/wordpress/2012/01/the-ballot-battle.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-1845 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:31:25 +0000 http://www.futilityinfielder.com/wordpress/?p=1831#comment-1845 Loved the segment Jay. I thought Heyman did ok expressing his views sandwiched between the Sheehan and the worlds most powerful mustache. He’s certainly an articulate memeber of the old school to choose for that role.

Much is made of the backlog of candidates coming up (Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza, Sammy Sosa, Craig Biggio, and Curt Schilling.) But this is only that big a problem if the drip drip pace of enshrinement continues. Surely Biggio is a first balloter, that clears a spot for upcoming years. And Piazza should be a slam dunker. I’d put all but Schilling in first ballot (as if that really means anything, Schilling should certainly go.)

How many empty fields at Cooperstown can the Hall go through before they start taking political flak from the locals? I’ve only been to one ceremony (Tony Perez, Carlton Fisk and Marty Brenneman) and I may go this year to see Barry, but I can’t imagine a huge crowd. What if its just Biggio next year? The optics have to start turning against the Hall at some point right?

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