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2009 Hall of Fame Ballot: First Salvo

The 2009 Hall of Fame ballot is listed HERE (with fan totals so far).  Over the next month we’ll take a look at who we would be voting for, what the status of the players who are similiar to Mussina is and what the whole voting scenario means for Mussina come 2014.
I have maintained since [...]

Who’s tagging along, Part Duex

Here’s part two of our: “Who else makes the Hall?” debate
John Smoltz
The third part of the Braves trifecta, and, to be honest, the one who’s going to have the most difficulty getting into the Hall.
As it stands,

300 or 3,000?

For pitchers, there are two benchmarks that seem to merit entry into the Hall of Fame: 300 wins and 3,000 strikeouts. Both are incredibly hard milestones to reach, but they are two that Mike Mussina is closing in on. Today, we’ll look at the standards behind both and discuss Mussina’s chances at getting them.
300 wins
Long [...]

Update on “If he’s in, don’t they have to be in too?”

So far, this section has discussed two players, Jim Kaat and Tommy John. It has left out the most often talked about “snub” from the Hall of Fame, Bert Blylevyn. This is not because we feel Mussina is inferior to Blylevyn, although admittedly, Moose’s numbers don’t stack up as well against his as they do [...]