[Official] Bagwell HOF watch 2017

...with a commercial break as soon as Bagwell starts his speech.

 

As someone planning to attend, I hope you're right.

 

I think Vlad will do very well in the anonymous vote and get the bump he needs. He is perceived as a clean player and he hits a lot of traditional stat marks that those voters tend to love. He won't be penalized by those voters for his unimpressive WAR totals or that he was a defensive liability.

If I went, I'd be happy to see him as he was one of my favorite non-Astros players growing up. He'd be like a little bonus.

 

"Welcome to the 2017 BBWAA Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Enjoy these highlight reels from 2018 first ballot inductees Chipper Jones and Jim Thome."

 

I wish this had happened sooner; pretty sure every former Medal of Freedom recipient is in the Hall of Fame...

 

If it's just Bagwell, Raines and Vlad, it'll be a fun Houston + Montreal weekend in Cooperstown.

 

Can someone post the Chron article about voting shifting in Bagwell's favor? Not a subscriber.

 

Type the following into google:

chronicle article bagwell scott miller

Generally, you can get to some of the subscription content via a search.

 

Here's a guy who finally gets it:

"Miller said that in each of the previous six years, he submitted his ballot "having just thought and thought about Bagwell." He "became more and more uncomfortable withholding a vote from him just BASED ON SUSPICION WITHOUT ANY SMOKING-GUN EVIDENCE OR CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE."

 

Well, better late than never.

At least a few seem to realize the McCarthyistic nature of not voting for Baggy based on your "gut". Still a few holdouts, but at this point they don't matter.

 

I had a dream last night that Bags ended up with 73.8% of the vote.

 

I kinda pisses me off that Vlad will be a first year hall of famer and it took bags 7 tries. Bags was a better player than Vlad. It's ridiculous.

 

Frank no-defense fat-boy Thomas says hi.

 

Got it. Thanks.

 

That is AWESOME!!!

 

what a prick

 

How can anyone know? Edgar is every bit suspicious. He suddenly got ridiculously good at 29/30.

 

A big part of it, frankly, is timing. If this were Bagwell's first year, I think he'd be tracking at, or above, Vlad (see Pudge). The (ongoing) voter purge & the softening around PEDs has greased the skids tremendously.