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Thursday, December 24, 2009
Poll: Hall of Fame Ballot - Survivor Island style
Knock one player off the ballot: Choose the LEAST Outstanding Player (however you wish to define outstanding).
• Sabermetrics
• Poll
Someone did… why would that be the case? You believe he was less outstanding than Appier?
#3 dlf (see all posts) 2009/12/24 (Thu) @ 12:07
’twasn’t me, but the argument is likely one of two things: 1. irrational backlash against popular saber-opinion or 2. Blyleven’s actions in quitting the Pirates in mid season 1980 being seen as the moral equivilent to the Black Sox. I personally downgrade Blyleven somewhat for that incident—similarly to the way I treat Sheffield stating he intentionally committed errors while playing in Milwaukee or Allen quitting in Chicago—but not enough to have him anywhere near Appier in value.
Robin Ventura is now officially out with 16 votes, 10 more than Appier.
Votes for all other players remain. For you guys who voted for Ventura, let me know if you can vote for someone else now.
Appier is now out with 19 votes, 14 more than Dale Murphy.
All other votes have carried over.
#6 Ryan JL (see all posts) 2009/12/24 (Thu) @ 13:25
"Someone did… why would that be the case? “
My guess: Somebody didn’t read the instructions.
I’ve got Fangraphs also joining the fray, so if you see lots of numbers going up, that’s why…
In a virtual 4-way tie, Dawson, Murphy, McGriff, and Trammell are now knocked out.
All ballots are RESET. You need to vote again.
Looks like McGwire v Edgar will be fascinating…
McGwire knocked out. Votes RESET.
#11 Ryan JL (see all posts) 2009/12/24 (Thu) @ 16:14
Raines v. Alomar v. Larkin is going to be a tough call…
#13 Patriot (see all posts) 2009/12/24 (Thu) @ 17:09
No offense, Tango, but I thought the results were more interesting when it was just your readers. Fangraphs attracts a much more diverse audience, and quite frankly, my impression of the comments there is not good (admittedly, people who comment are a self-selected sample that very well may not reflect the whole).
Still, I think it would have been interesting to compare Fangraphs results to Book blog results.
Pat, yes, I would normally have run it concurrently for reasons of bias. But, I was interested in getting turnout fast, and a consolidated ballot is what looked like the best solution.
I can’t disagree with you however.
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Larkin knocked out. Votes RESET.
#15 Ryan JL (see all posts) 2009/12/27 (Sun) @ 01:38
Where did the results thread go?
There’s no comments in there, so you won’t see it in the “recent comments” section.
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I was so tempted to vote for Bert Blyleven.