The Class of 2014
We can all look forward to the winter of 2013 when Mussina will again make headlines. The hall of fame class of 2014 will be debated and analized to a great extent. The elections will be made public during the first week of Janaury 2014. It’s going to be an amazing contending class. The headliners will be:
Greg Maddux, Frank Thomas, Mike Mussina, Curt Schilling, Pedro Martinez, Jim Edmonds, Jeff Kent, Luis Gonzalez, Kenny Rogers, Ray Durham, Moises Alou, Eric Gagne and Hideo Nomo
That list does not include Tom Glavine and John Smoltz who haven’t played this year because of injury and therefore may also be eligible for election. (Full Disclosure: I also did not list Richie Sexson as a headliner. This is despite his potential claim to be the tallest member of the baseball hall of fame)
Maddux and Thomas are in, in 2014 without question. It’s unlikely Mussina will be first ballot guy with all that other competition. Clear arguments could be made that Pedro and Glavine are also first ballot hall of famer members. Throw in all the players from the previous few years (2013 will be another amazing year with the likes of Clemens, Bonds, Biggio, Sosa, Piazza, Lofton and Julio Franco) and you can see how difficult it will be to get 75%.
The voters haven’t elected 3 players at the same time since 1999 (Ryan, Brett and Yount). Four players haven’t been elected together since 1947 (Carl Hubbell, Frankie Frisch, Mickey Cochrane and Lefty Grove).
Mike Mussina is not going into the hall of fame in 2014. He’ll get there, but he’ll have to wait. It would help if Glavine somehow manages to pitch for the Braves this year. Or if Pedro realizes he’s not a 10 million dollar a year pitcher any more and decides to sign with Florida.
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June 19th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Hey guys … in case you hadn’t seen this:
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=R&billNbr=0331&pn=1982
May 29th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Glavine in the hall before Mussina? If Mussina had 65 more decisions he would have to go 35 and 50 to “match” Glavine. To compare era’s add at least .75 runs to Glavine’s era, which based on studies is somewhat conservative. By any measure, there is little question Mussina was the better pitcher. And before someone mentions John Smoltz, Smoltz would have to win his next 57 decisions and somehow delete 3 losses to match Mussina.
June 7th, 2010 at 12:49 am
Guy,
I think we posted something comparing Mussina to Glavine. Feel free to peruse our archives for it.
Regardless, Glavine WILL get in before Mussina because he’s got:
1. Five 20-win seasons
2. Two Cy Young awards (one of which he even deserved)
3. A World Series ring
4. 300 career wins
Fair or not, these are all things that the voters will look at and nod their heads at when looking over HOF resumes.