2013 MLB Off-season Thread: Official THEO Appreciation Thread

[Cail]

Ducking ridiculous the high horses some of these writers get to be on

[Boyiee]

Ducking ridiculous the high horses some of these writers get to be on

If they aren't going to vote, what the fuck is the point? Was hoping Maddux would be unanimous. No one will ever be.

[Melena]

I really really hope the HOF voting gets completely overhauled. This is fucking ridiculous.

[Moss]

HOF voting is a joke. the 10 vote limit is a joke too

[Cail]

If they aren't going to vote, what the fuck is the point? Was hoping Maddux would be unanimous. No one will ever be.

Some writers are on record as saying they never vote for someone on the first ballot

[archibaldcrane]

Maddux doesn't have 7 Cy Youngs.

[elison]

So wait, now people aren't being voted simply because they played in the steroid era? Or is this guy really implying Maddux used?

[Moss]

he isn't implying Maddux used, just saying he can't know so he won't vote for anyone from that era

[elison]

he isn't implying Maddux used, just saying he can't know so he won't vote for anyone from that era

That's stupid. The same could be said for anyone that's ever played the game.

[Moss]

I'm not defending it lol, like I said HOF voting is a joke

[Viq]

This guy gets it. One of the easiest HoF choices ever... or at least it should be.

I just have just never come across any human being, whether they're a voter or just a fan, that doesn't think Greg Maddux is a Hall of Famer and one of the greatest pitchers who ever pitched.

[Azull]

The system clearly needs a complete overhaul but it is baseball and baseball still thinks its 1914 not 2014.

I am just preparing myself for disappointment when both Bagwell and Biggio don't get voted in again for reasons that make zero sense.

[Rhinox]

Gratz to Maddux and the big hurt. Two of the best players to ever play in Chicago.

[toqabowl]

BIG HURT!

[Xajii]

poor Biggio got 74.8% ... two votes off out of what, 571?

[Bregor]

Almost every published ballot I read online or saw on Twitter had Big Hurt on it, congrats to him. Glad Maddux and Glavine were first-balloters too.

[Cail]

Biggio didnt make it again? Seriously, wtf

[Azull]

Arg.. No Biggio again. Frank Thomas makes it (he should for sure) and Bagwell barely gets 50% despite only slightly worse at bat numbers and far better D.

And what retards didn't vote Maddux? Using the excuse that voters were also bad in the 50's (The Joe DiMaggio argument) doesn't warrant that stupidity. That should be grounds for those people not getting a ballot ever again.

[Rhinox]

Dan Lebetard was the troll that sold his HOF ballot to deadspin lulz

[Headspace]

He didn't sell it, he gave it to them, and it was one of the better ballots lol