Tuesday, January 3, 2006

EXCLUSIVE! MUST CREDIT ALOTT5MA!
GOSSAGE, SUTTER TO JOIN BASEBALL IMMORTALS IN COOPERSTOWN: According to my exclusive research, I have determined that when the Baseball Hall of Fame announces its next class on January 10, it will be comprised of two of the premiere relievers of the '70s and '80s--Rich "Goose" Gossage and Bruce Sutter. Falling just short of the 75% threshold for inclusion will be fellow reliever Lee Smith and 1987 MVP Andre Dawson.

My research consisted of perusing columns and stories from the past week written by 25 of the 550 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America who are eligible to vote for the Hall. Granted it is a somewhat biased sample, since 10 of those writers work for the Chicago Tribune, but the other 15 are pretty geographically diverse group.

Here are the complete results of my poll (excuse the poor formatting):
  • Bruce Sutter...........20 votes (80%)
  • Rich Gossage..........20 (80%)
  • Andre Dawson........17 (68%)
  • Lee Smith................17 (68%)
  • Jim Rice...................11 (44%)
  • Bert Blyleven..........11 (44%)
  • Jack Morris...............8 (32%)
  • Alan Trammel...........7 (28%)
  • Tommy John.............6 (24%)
  • Steve Garvey............4 (16%)
  • Don Mattingly...........3 (12%)
  • Albert Belle................3 (12%)
  • Dale Murphy..............1 (4%)
  • Orel Hershiser........1 (4%)
  • Dave Concepcion........1 (4%)

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