2010 Baseball Season

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Might as well start the new thread for the new season

Today the 2010 Class for Cooperstown is announced

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2010 BBWAA Results

Congratulations Andre "The Hawk" Dawson

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The following names did not garner enough votes to stay on the ballot for next year:
Galarraga, Ventura, Burks, Karros, Appier, Hentgen, Segui, M.Jackson, Lankford, S.Reynolds, Zeile

[fabduo]

It's about time -Congrats "Hawk"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wino you know]

I wish those jokers would cut their crap and put Lee Smith and Bert Blyleven in.
Tommy John and Jim Kaat too.

And Ron Santo from the veteran's committee.

Meanwhile, congratulations FINALLY to Andre Dawson.

[C-Dawg]

Congrats to the Hawk!!!...I just hope he decides to go into the Hall as an Expo rather than a Cub...I still hate what MLB did to Montreal

[SuperTrooper]

Congrats to the Hawk!!!...I just hope he decides to go into the Hall as an Expo rather than a Cub...I still hate what MLB did to Montreal

Congrats Hawk!

FYI, the player has no say over the team displayed on their bust. The HOF makes that decision.

[Bicycle Bill]

Congrats to the Hawk!!!...I just hope he decides to go into the Hall as an Expo rather than a Cub...I still hate what MLB did to Montreal

Congrats Hawk!

FYI, the player has no say over the team displayed on their bust. The HOF makes that decision.

That may be true for the bust, but doesn't the plaque and other materials that list his career stats, etc. have to reflect his journeys through MLB? They couldn't leave Montreal off of there, could they?

-"BB"-

[aeroparrot]

Interesting idea on how this will work. If they do this, the MLB should consider shortening the playoffs here. Also, where would they play? Let's assume they had it this year and the Yankees will play the Japanese Champion. Will they play in the Bronx or in a neutral site? Also, the travel will be a hassle. My suggestion for this would be one year, it would be in Japan and the next year the U.S. and alternate like that.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4803999

[Lightning Bolt]

Interesting idea on how this will work. If they do this, the MLB should consider shortening the playoffs here. Also, where would they play? Let's assume they had it this year and the Yankees will play the Japanese Champion. Will they play in the Bronx or in a neutral site? Also, the travel will be a hassle. My suggestion for this would be one year, it would be in Japan and the next year the U.S. and alternate like that.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4803999

The concept is good, but the realities of schedule don't pencil out.
Unless baseball goes back to a 154-game season...which I could live with... but team owners wouldn't accept,
there's no good time left on the calendar. The WBC is screwing with our season enough as it is.

[Lightning Bolt]

The following names did not garner enough votes to stay on the ballot for next year:
Galarraga, Ventura, Burks, Karros, Appier, Hentgen, Segui, M.Jackson, Lankford, S.Reynolds, Zeile

How the @#$% did David Segui manage to garner even ONE vote to begin with???

[C-Dawg]

Regarding the hat Andre Dawson will wear into the Hall, I came across this on the Boston Globe website....

It would seem an extremely unlikely choice would be the Red Sox. Dawson spent the 1993-94 seasons in Boston, hitting 29 homers and driving in 115 runs in 196 games while batting .260 over those two years.

But . . . we dug this up in the Globe archives today. It's from a Red Sox notebook I wrote on July 20, 1993. Check out Dawson's comments about the Hall of Fame then:

TORONTO -- Andre Dawson, who has hit more than 400 home runs and is closing in on 1,500 RBIs, is a likely Hall of Fame candidate, and when asked what cap he would wear if he makes it, Dawson said, "Probably the Red Sox.

"I've respected the way they've treated me and stuck with me. They've shown me a certain respect that I never felt in Montreal and Chicago. Just the way they pursued me in the offseason was an indication of that.

"I'm just sorry I haven't been able to produce for them so far. I think things are coming along. Adjusting to the American League has been difficult, and with my knee problem, it's been hard for me to push off and generate power."

The Expos recently retired the No. 10 Dawson wore in Montreal -- but it was in honor of Rusty Staub.

Dawson's prime feat with the Sox was hitting his 400th career home run. But it is interesting to wonder if he still feels he was respected more here than in Montreal or Chicago.

Interesting. In other sports sites Dawson has said he knows what hat he would like to wear, but is keeping it to himself. Personally, I think he should wear an EXPO hat. He played 11 out of 21 seasons there, was rookie of the year there, and it's where he made a name for himself. I believe he may have also repaired the relationship with the EXPO/Nationals organization. Last year he came to do a Meet & Greet here in Burlington, where our VT Lake Monsters are the minor league affiliate of the Nats.

[chippewa]

Regarding the hat Andre Dawson will wear into the Hall, I came across this on the Boston Globe website....

It would seem an extremely unlikely choice would be the Red Sox. Dawson spent the 1993-94 seasons in Boston, hitting 29 homers and driving in 115 runs in 196 games while batting .260 over those two years.

But . . . we dug this up in the Globe archives today. It's from a Red Sox notebook I wrote on July 20, 1993. Check out Dawson's comments about the Hall of Fame then:

TORONTO -- Andre Dawson, who has hit more than 400 home runs and is closing in on 1,500 RBIs, is a likely Hall of Fame candidate, and when asked what cap he would wear if he makes it, Dawson said, "Probably the Red Sox.

"I've respected the way they've treated me and stuck with me. They've shown me a certain respect that I never felt in Montreal and Chicago. Just the way they pursued me in the offseason was an indication of that.

"I'm just sorry I haven't been able to produce for them so far. I think things are coming along. Adjusting to the American League has been difficult, and with my knee problem, it's been hard for me to push off and generate power."

The Expos recently retired the No. 10 Dawson wore in Montreal -- but it was in honor of Rusty Staub.

Dawson's prime feat with the Sox was hitting his 400th career home run. But it is interesting to wonder if he still feels he was respected more here than in Montreal or Chicago.

Interesting. In other sports sites Dawson has said he knows what hat he would like to wear, but is keeping it to himself. Personally, I think he should wear an EXPO hat. He played 11 out of 21 seasons there, was rookie of the year there, and it's where he made a name for himself. I believe he may have also repaired the relationship with the EXPO/Nationals organization. Last year he came to do a Meet & Greet here in Burlington, where our VT Lake Monsters are the minor league affiliate of the Nats.

As SuperTrooper said, the Hall makes that call not the player himself. I think that policy started after the Devil Rays included some sort of contract rider that Wade Boggs would wear their cap on his bust after he signed with them. I'm guessing Dawson will go in as an Expo, maybe a Cub.

[Lightning Bolt]

Congrats to The Hawk...it's about time.

I don't see how the HOF can supercede the player's "identity", or how they go about deciding what team represents a player?

[Bicycle Bill]

TAKE THE QUIZ:


When you finish the quiz and are checking your answers, the quiz writer cites the Wade Boggs/Devil Rays hat situation, but also mentions Dave Winfield and Gary Carter as possible reasons why the HoF Committee now decides which hat the player wears.

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[SeattleParrotHead]

I got 11 out of 14 . . . missed Carter, Sutter, and Hunter (trick question!)

[rumdrinks]

I wish those jokers would cut their crap and put Lee Smith and Bert Blyleven in.
Tommy John and Jim Kaat too.

And Ron Santo from the veteran's committee.

Meanwhile, congratulations FINALLY to Andre Dawson.

I can't understand why Bert Blyleven isn't in yet. What are they looking for ?

[Lightning Bolt]

I wish those jokers would cut their crap and put Lee Smith and Bert Blyleven in.
Tommy John and Jim Kaat too.

And Ron Santo from the veteran's committee.

Meanwhile, congratulations FINALLY to Andre Dawson.

I can't understand why Bert Blyleven isn't in yet. What are they looking for ?

Re: pitchers, I think dominance and titles (championship rings and Cy Youngs) appear to take precedence over longevity and consistent high-level performance.

[RinglingRingling]

and just in time for the 2010 season... STL hitting coach Mark McGwire announces he used steriods. Other stories tonight: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead...

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The 10 finalists for the 2010 Frick Award are: Billy Berroa, Skip Caray, Tom Cheek, Jacques Doucet, Lanny Frattare, Graham McNamee, Jon Miller, Joe Nuxhall, Herb Score and Dave Van Horne. The winner of the 2010 Frick Award will be announced Feb. 1.