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. The Long Arm of Rudy Law posted on August 28, 2012 at 09:57 AM # hit 0 | hit 0All that's missing are some classy Turn Ahead the Clock uniforms, tastefully and unobtrusively sponsored by Century 21, the official real estate agency of Octavio Dotel and Major League Baseball.
If the Phils are playing 21 interleague games, it probably means they will face Cleveland five times (but will the fifth game be at the Cit or Progressive?) Also, I would hope that Philly and Atlanta would switch Boston and Toronto as "natural rivals" in alternate years.
It seems like a nice year to have Boston as your natural rival.
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