Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Hallbound...2010!!!

Your 2010 Baseball Hall of Famer: Andre "The Hawk" Dawson!!!

The votes are in...

  • Andre Dawson 420 (77.9 percent);
  • Bert Blyleven 400 (74.2 percent);
  • Roberto Alomar 397 (73.7 percent);
  • Jack Morris 282 (52.3 percent);
  • Barry Larkin 278 (51.6%);
  • Lee Smith 255 (47.3%);
  • Edgar Martinez 195 (36.2%);
  • Tim Raines 164 (30.4%);
  • Mark McGwire 128 (23.7%);
  • Alan Trammell 121 (22.4%);
  • Fred McGriff 116 (21.5%);
  • Don Mattingly 87 (16.1%);
  • Dave Parker 82 (15.2%);
  • Dale Murphy 63 (11.7%);
  • Harold Baines 33 (6.1%);
  • Andres Galarraga 22 (4.1%);
  • Robin Ventura 7 (1.3%);
  • Ellis Burks 2 (0.4%);
  • Eric Karros 2 (0.4%);
  • Kevin Appier 1 (0.2%);
  • Pat Hentgen 1 (0.2%);
  • David Segui 1 (0.2%);
  • Mike Jackson 0;
  • Ray Lankford 0;
  • Shane Reynolds 0;
  • Todd Zeile 0;

Congratulations to Andre Dawson for being elected into the Hall of Fame in what was his ninth year on the ballot!!!

The players whose names are italicized will appear on next year's ballot, having surpassed the five percent rule to stay on (27 votes).

According to the Baseball Hall of Fame website, 539 ballots were cast, five of them were BLANK!!!

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

P.S. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S.2. Also, do not weep for Blyleven. He is assured a piece of immortality as it has been proven before that the person with the most votes who does not get voted into the HOF will eventually be in the future.

P.S.3. Cheers to The Hawk!!! May the cap on his plaque be of the Cubs!!! jba