2016 HOF Class

[Tobywan]

Congratulations to Junior and Mikie.

[HollywoodLeo]

Trevor was 67.3 percent.

Close enough to feel confident he'll get in and was just held out by the "HOFer but not 1st ballot HOFer" crowd.

[HollywoodLeo]

Anyway, I don't get how voters can justify voting on Piazza but then not Bonds.

You either think steroids should keep a player out or you don't, and if you're going to vote for an admitted user then you have no excuse not voting for someone who'd have been more automatic than Griffey was this year if not for his own steroid cloud.

[Foster]

There are a lot of idiot voters remember.

[catman]

Here are the final results:
Player Votes Percent
Ken Griffey Jr.* 437 99.30%
Mike Piazza* 365 83.00%
Jeff Bagwell 315 71.60%
Tim Raines 307 69.80%
Trevor Hoffman 296 67.30%
Curt Schilling 230 52.30%
Roger Clemens 199 45.20%
Barry Bonds 195 44.30%
Edgar Martinez 191 43.40%
Mike Mussina 189 43.00%
Alan Trammell 180 40.90%
Lee Smith 150 34.10%
Fred McGriff 92 20.90%
Jeff Kent 73 16.60%
Larry Walker 68 15.50%
Mark McGwire 54 12.30%
Gary Sheffield 51 11.60%
Billy Wagner 46 10.50%
Sammy Sosa 31 7.00%
Jim Edmonds 11 2.50%
Nomar Garciaparra 8 1.80%
Mike Sweeney 3 0.70%
David Eckstein 2 0.50%
Jason Kendall 2 0.50%
Garret Anderson 1 0.20%
Brad Ausmus 0 0.00%
Luis Castillo 0 0.00%
Troy Glaus 0 0.00%
Mark Grudzielanek 0 0.00%
Mike Hampton 0 0.00%
Mike Lowell 0 0.00%
Randy Winn 0 0.00%

[Hammer]

david eckstein getting two hof votes warms my heart.

[realmofotalk]

Anyway, I don't get how voters can justify voting on Piazza but then not Bonds.

You either think steroids should keep a player out or you don't, and if you're going to vote for an admitted user then you have no excuse not voting for someone who'd have been more automatic than Griffey was this year if not for his own steroid cloud.

Well, for one, Piazza didn't have an entire book written about him and his connection to BALCO. That being said, it wouldn't surprise me if it is ever discovered that he did more than just andro, which is a convenient PED for him to admit to have used because it was a legal substance at the time.