BBTF.org/m/hof : McCaffery: Players who insulted game should strike out in baseball Hall of Fame balloting

Friday, May 24, 2013

MLB: Don Sutton never shy about voicing his opinion

(mlb.mlb.com)

posted 5 hours ago by Repoz to dodgers, hof | 9 comment(s)

Sutton: Because that’s where the defaced money is.

The outspoken Sutton—who came up with the Dodgers in 1966 and pitched with them for 16 of his 23 seasons—has his own opinion about everything.

He said in an interview last week that he hates pitch counts.

“I say it with a laugh in my voice when I broadcast: ‘That’s 100 pitches. On the next one, he’s going to turn into a troll.’ At 101, you just disappear. Poof, you’re gone,” Sutton said.

...MLB.com: Did you cheat?

Sutton: No, I never got ...

Reader Comments and Retorts

Go to end of page

Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.

1. JRVJ posted on December 04, 2012 at 05:39 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

That's a pretty strange ballot. Good on Bagwell, McGwire Biggio, Bonds, Clements, Piazza, Tramell and even Schilling.

Strange on Morris and Rose.

2. PASTE Thinks This Trout Kid Might Be OK (Zeth) posted on December 04, 2012 at 05:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I've honestly never heard of anyone that supports both Alan Trammell and Jack Morris for the Hall of Fame. Well, no one that didn't play with both of them, anyway.

3. zonk posted on December 04, 2012 at 06:02 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

There goes Adam Dunn's chances...

4. Random Transaction Generator posted on December 04, 2012 at 06:09 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

How do you say "reject those who insulted baseball" and keep Rose on your ballot?

5. SM posted on December 04, 2012 at 06:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

This is the only ballot I've ever seen that rejects Sosa not for steroids, but for bat corking!

6. The Yankee Clapper posted on December 04, 2012 at 06:44 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

In the great BBTF tradition I didn't RTFA, but from the excerpt and comment #5, I gather Sammy Sosa takes the fall for all the players' sins of his era? Seems like scapegoating. Or a fair bit of inconsistency.

7. SM posted on December 04, 2012 at 07:13 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I read it - the players who insulted the game are Sosa for corking, Manny for quitting on the Sox, Sheff for saying he made errors intentionally.

8. The Yankee Clapper posted on December 04, 2012 at 07:20 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

. . . Sosa for corking, Manny for quitting on the Sox, Sheff for saying he made errors intentionally.

Yet Rose, who isn't even eligible, get's a pass? Weird.

9. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars posted on December 04, 2012 at 07:21 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I read it - the players who insulted the game are Sosa for corking, Manny for quitting on the Sox, Sheff for saying he made errors intentionally.

And Alomar on last year's ballot for spitting on the umpire.

10. RMc and His Roster of Rubbish posted on December 04, 2012 at 08:48 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I gather Sammy Sosa takes the fall for all the players' sins of his era?

Must be racial.

11. Rob_Wood posted on December 04, 2012 at 08:51 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

This guy highlights why it is questionable to give the HOF vote to sportswriters. They each create their individual idiosyncratic litmus test and arrive at strange ballots like this one.

While I generally appreciate his approach, the only vote I really dislike is the vote for Morris.

12. AJM posted on December 04, 2012 at 08:53 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Vote for the 10 most qualified players on this ballot

And yet his first choice is not on this ballot.

13. Kiko Sakata

posted on December 04, 2012 at 10:29 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

And yet his first choice is not on this ballot.

Even if you think Pete Rose should be reinstated, he'd still be ineligible for the BBWAA Hall-of-Fame ballot:

Candidates to be eligible must meet the following requirements:

A. A baseball player must have been active as a player in the Major Leagues at some time during a period beginning twenty (20) years before and ending five (5) years prior to election.

Rose last played baseball 26 years ago. It makes as much sense as writing in Bobby Grich.

14. Bitter Mouse is a genre addict posted on December 05, 2012 at 09:36 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

An odd ballot, but it doesn't offend me. Well the silly Rose thing does a bit, but whatever.

You must be Registered and Logged In to post comments.

/m/hof

Friday, May 24, 2013

MLB: Don Sutton never shy about voicing his opinion

Reader Comments and Retorts

Hof Think Factory