[Semper Paratus]

Wade Boggs claimed to have got out of a serious bar brawl by willing himself invisible.

He also claimed to have been accidetnly run over by his wife in their driveway.

[Charles Henrickson]

Yes, Sandberg made it! One of the ten best 2b--maybe one of the five best--in baseball history. Now if one of the five or ten best 3b--Ron Santo--makes it in via the Veterans Committee, I think it will be time for my first trip to visit Cooperstown this summer.

Then Bruce Sutter and Lee Smith get voted in next year.

[comebacknewt]

Gossage and Sutter need to be in. They were premiere closers back when a save really meant something.

[Ozone34]

This is great news! I'm going to cook some chicken tonight to celebrate!

[TheBigB]

Dale Murphy should be in.

[misterrob]

Paging Margo Adams




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[Charles Henrickson]

Player Votes %

Wade Boggs 474 91.9%
Ryne Sandberg 393 76.2%

Bruce Sutter 344 66.7%
Jim Rice 307 59.5%
"Goose" Gossage 285 55.2%
Andre Dawson 270 52.3%
Bert Blyleven 211 40.9%
Lee Smith 200 38.8%
Jack Morris 172 33.3%
Tommy John 123 23.8%
Steve Garvey 106 20.5%
Alan Trammell 87 16.9%
Dave Parker 65 12.6%
Don Mattingly 59 11.4%
Dave Concepcion 55 10.7%
Dale Murphy 54 10.5%
Willie McGee 26 5.0%

Jim Abbott 13 2.5%
Darryl Strawberry 6 1.2%
Jack McDowell 4 0.8%
Chili Davis 3 0.6%
Tom Candiotti 2 0.4%
Jeff Montgomery 2 0.4%
Tony Phillips 1 0.2%
Terry Steinbach 1 0.2%
Mark Langston 0 0.0%
Otis Nixon 0 0.0%

[bikepacker67]

JIM RICE WAS ROBBED AGAIN!

[JoeV1]

There is not a player I would rather come to bat for my team in a clutch situation then Mr Boggs.

Truly an awesome talent

[PokerGod]

Good

Now all they have to do is let Donnie Baseball(Mattingly, for those of you who don't know the nickname) in, and all will be fine.

He deserves it.

Lifetime BA- .307

If his back hadn't gone out it would have been a lot higher.

1984- .343
1985- .324
1986- .352
1987- .327
1988- .311
1989- .303

Also one of the finest first basemen of all time.

Lifetime fielding percentage = .996

9 gold gloves in 10 years.

In the only postseason action he ever saw, in 1995, against Seattle, he batted .417.

Also a 6-time All-Star.

Mattingly deserves Hall induction, just as much as Gossage and Sutter do.

I can't believe he only got 11% of votes this year.

His fielding was almost as good as Sandberg's and his career batting was better. He was also an MVP like Sandberg.