http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...ne-frank-thomas-earn-hall-191050593--mlb.html Last year, not a single player was selected by baseball writers for induction into the Hall of Fame. This year, it's a different story. Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas were announced as Hall of Famers on Wednesday, as the Baseball Writers Association of America has elected its largest Hall of Fame class since 1999. Craig Biggio, who was projected to get in, missed the cut by a very slim margin — just two votes. To earn induction, players needed 75 percent of the vote. Maddux topped the list with 97.2 percent, followed by Glavine (91.9) and Thomas (83.7). Missing the cut were Biggio (74.8), Mike Piazza (62.2), Jack Morris (61.5), Jeff Bagwell (54.3) and Tim Raines (46.1). This was Morris' final year on the ballot. Voters — there were 571 this year — were allowed to select 10 players from the ballot of 36 players, but some voters said they thought there were as many as 13 worthy players this year. That split the vote some, and ultimately hurt the numbers for Biggio, Piazza and others. Most of the players in limbo will be back, as BBWAA voters still wrestle with the moral dilemma of enshrining players such as Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, who have been linked to PEDs. Bonds received 34.7 percent of the vote, while Clemens did slightly better at 35.4. Had Biggio got through on the BBWAA ballot, it would have been the first four-player class since 1955. That was Joe DiMaggio's class, which also included Dazzy Vance, Ted Lyons and Gabby Hartnett. The 1999 class included George Brett, Nolan Ryan and Robin Yount. Three famous managers — Tony LaRussa, Joe Torre and Bobby Cox — were already elected for induction by the Veteran's Committee, making for a robust six-member Hall of Fame class that will be honored in Cooperstown this July. It will be the biggest living class of Hall of Famers since 1941.
Dan LeBatard let Deadspin.com readers vote for who he chose. http://deadspin.com/revealed-the-hall-of-fame-voter-who-turned-his-ballot-1496558341
They'll vote him in next year. It'd be thrilling seeing Biggio and Bagwell voted into the HOF at the same time.
Good lord. Round up on Biggio. He deserves to be in. But yeah, Biggio and Bagwell together will be awesome. Thank god Jeter is coming back, just think if we had to endure Mo and Jeter in the same induction? And I like both players... but the media...
