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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

JM Catellier: Is Pedro Martinez a First Ballot Hall of Famer?

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posted 2 days ago by Repoz to hof, sabermetrics | 155 comment(s)

Welcome back, JM Catellier…and his “own unique statistical formula”!

The average 20th century Hall of Fame starting pitcher has 258.3 career wins. That number is dragged down by Sandy Koufax’ 165 victories, but he can’t be omitted from this exercise as I consider him the best starting pitcher to ever throw a baseball.

Former Boston Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez retired following the 2009 season with just 219 wins and only two 20-win seasons. Is it possible that he’s a first ballot Hall of ...

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1. The District Attorney posted on February 05, 2013 at 05:39 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

His show will have great ratings if they schedule another good show against it, but lousy ratings otherwise.

2. Don Geovany Soto (chris h.) posted on February 05, 2013 at 05:41 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Thread over in 1.

3. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on February 05, 2013 at 06:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Oh boy.

4. The Yankee Clapper posted on February 05, 2013 at 06:10 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Jack may be looking to pick up some HoF votes in those remote Canadian precincts.

5. What did Billy Ripken have against Elroy Face? posted on February 05, 2013 at 06:37 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

"And, going in to the bottom of the 7th, it's the Blue Jays 7 and the Yankees...well, it doesn't matter, the Blue Jays can give up a bunch more runs and still win."

6. T.J. posted on February 05, 2013 at 06:37 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

"You know, this reminds me of Game 7 of the 1991 World Series. It does NOT, however, remind me in any way, shape, or form of the 1992 playoffs."

7. The elusive Robert Denby posted on February 05, 2013 at 08:08 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

As a broadcaster, I'm guessing Morris will be 12 percent worse than Bert Blyleven.

8. Random Transaction Generator posted on February 05, 2013 at 08:41 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Was this the result of that job ad that was posted a month ago?

Jack Morris?

His performance will only be as good as the game requires.

Blow out? He'll be singing show tunes by the 5th inning.
Nail biter? He'll be diagramming expected pitches with 100% accuracy.

9. John Northey posted on February 05, 2013 at 09:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I was hoping for the Garfoose but such is life.

10. bobm posted on February 05, 2013 at 09:07 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Maybe Morris will win a Ford Frick award and finally "get in" the HoF.

11. Canker Soriano posted on February 05, 2013 at 10:52 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Jack may be looking to pick up some HoF votes in those remote Canadian precincts.

If I know the BBWAA, there are likely some voters who have covered nothing but curling for the last 25 years.

"Sure, Alan Trammell was a good player, but he couldn't handle a broom to save his life. Jim Rice could slide a peel for a take-out, then bring the fear by brandishing his slider shoe right there in the hack. That's a Hall of Famer right there."

12. Repoz

posted on February 05, 2013 at 11:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It continues to be quite bothersome to Jack Morris that Les Tremayne, H.V. Kaltenborn and Jose Miguel Agrelot are all in the Radio Hall of Fame...and he is not.

13. morineko posted on February 06, 2013 at 01:13 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Figured something was up when they were talking to the Twins broadcasters at TwinsFest a couple of weeks ago and Morris wasn't mentioned, just the two other main PBP/analysis guys and the postgame/pregame show host.

14. BochysFingers posted on February 06, 2013 at 01:21 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Most similar broadcaster: Ron Fairly

15. WillYoung posted on February 06, 2013 at 12:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Over the last few years, Morris's part-time work on Twins radio was very poor. He loves to tell the players to GOML, whines about how starting pitchers are a bunch of wussies, and rarely offers anything even remotely insightful. Whenever the Twins ditched a regular PBP and let Dan Gladden call PBP for the entire game with Morris as color, it turned into a three-hour circle-jerk of grittiness.

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JM Catellier: Is Pedro Martinez a First Ballot Hall of Famer?

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