Cal Ripken, Jr. & Tony Gwynn in Hall of Fame

[Jim Colyer]

Cal Ripken, Jr. & Tony Gwynn were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Ripken got 98.53% of the 545 ballots; Gwynn got 97.6%. Ripken broke Lou Gehrig's streak by playing in 2,632 consecutive games. Gwynn won 8 batting titles. Both got over 3,000 hits. The disappointment was Mark McGwire. McGwire hit 70 home runs in 1998 and finished with 583 but only got 23.5% of the votes because of suspected steroid use and his reluctance to talk before Congress. The Baseball Writers of America do the voting. 75% of their votes are required for election. McGwire did get enough to remain on the ballot. A candidate may stay on the ballot up to 15 years. Ripken & Gwynn will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, on July 29.

[Idmir]

Ripken and Gwynn not getting 100% is a joke.

[ftbllplr]

What about Jose Canseco?

[JerkyMyTurky]

Ripken and Gwynn not getting 100% is a joke.

Jay Buhner getting 1 vote is a joke. I can understand high standards, but which writer in their right might would vote for Jay Buhner into the Hall of Fame. :banghead:

[BigMac]

Ripken and Gwynn not getting 100% is a joke.

It wasn't even possible to get 100%. Some no-name sportswriter wanted to make a name for himself so he turned in a blank ballot.....

[Idmir]

It wasn't even possible to get 100%. Some no-name sportswriter wanted to make a name for himself so he turned in a blank ballot.....

They said two people sent in blank ballets, only one was trying to make a big deal out of it.:mad:

[Travmire]

It doesn't matter if they didn't get a hundred percent though; no one will remember that years from now.

The only things about this year that are important are that Ripken and Gwynn got in on their first vote and McGwire did not.

[Idmir]

It doesn't matter if they didn't get a hundred percent though; no one will remember that years from now.

The only things about this year that are important are that Ripken and Gwynn got in on their first vote and McGwire did not.

no one has got 100% of the vote, people would remember.

[poopchow]

part of the reason 100% is because some people feel as though if some great player 30 years ago didnt get in with 100%, they shouldnt... or at least thats what i heard...

thats bullshit though

[Devastation]

What about Jose Canseco?

Canseco got 1.1 percent of the vote, thereby eliminating him from Hall of Fame contention.

[Jim Colyer]

Canseco could have been one of the greatest ever if he had kept himself straight.

[ftbllplr]

Canseco could have been one of the greatest ever if he had kept himself straight.

Without steroids he was just average.

[Travmire]

no one has got 100% of the vote, people would remember.

Even so it wouldn't have been that important. And neither of those two are the best ever, which 100% would be implying if no one else reached that mark.