Wednesday, December 12, 2012
2013 Results: Bonds, Clemens, Piazza and Biggio are elected to the Hall of Merit!
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Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza and Craig Biggio have been elected to the Hall of Merit!
The timing for our first year electing 4 candidates could not have worked out better, since class of 2013 is the strongest in terms of electees that we’ve ever had. The top of the 1934 ballot included Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins, Pop Lloyd, Smokey Joe Williams and Cristobal Torriente, but only 2 were elected.
Bonds and Clemens were each unanimous at 1 and 2. I believe that’s the first ...
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1. Pat Rapper's Delight posted on November 18, 2011 at 05:59 PM # hit 0 | hit 0Really? Didn't Barry Halper have at least a couple dozen certified authentic ones?
This inspired me to look up Kelly on B/R. He was pretty awesome.
Obviously he wasn't athletic enough to play 1B.
"Kelly now catching!"
The best Halper joke I heard was told by Mickey Mantle. After his liver transplant Mantle asked if Halper had his old liver.
Bill James: "I'm turning out the lights in the basement now, mom."
Bud Selig: "Abner, I'm coming to Cooperstown."
Billy Beane: "I'll see you upstairs, Brad."
Scott Boras: "He doesn't pay you enough, Jesus, but I'll handle it."
Rafael Palmeiro: "I'm sorry Ryne, but she was so hot."
Billy Martin: "This game's complete.."
King's Ransom
They bumped the expected value from $100K to $200K.
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