Here's the ballot
Newcomers:
Griffey, Jim Edmonds, Trevor Hoffman, Billy Wagner, Troy Glaus, Jason Kendall, Mike Hampton, Luis Castillo, Randy Winn, Garret Anderson, Mike Lowell, Mark Grudzielanek, Mike Sweeney, David Eckstein, Brad Ausmus
Holdovers:
Piazza (69.9% last year), Bagwell (55.7% last year), Tim Raines (55% last year), Curt Schilling (39.2%), Mike Mussina (24.6%), Bonds, Clemens, McGwire, Sosa, Lee Smith, Alan Trammell, Edgar Martinez, Larry Walker, Jeff Kent, Fred McGriff, Gary Sheffield, Nomar Garciaparra
My ballot would be: Griffey, Piazza, Bagwell, Raines, Schilling, Mussina, Lee Smith, Trammell
Until Lee Smith gets in, I can't vote for Wagner or Hoffman even if the stats are better. Lee Smith for 10+ years was the most dominant closer in the National League and maybe in all of baseball at the time.
Still a shame the voters dropped the ball on Jack Morris too
Newcomers:
Griffey, Jim Edmonds, Trevor Hoffman, Billy Wagner, Troy Glaus, Jason Kendall, Mike Hampton, Luis Castillo, Randy Winn, Garret Anderson, Mike Lowell, Mark Grudzielanek, Mike Sweeney, David Eckstein, Brad Ausmus
Holdovers:
Piazza (69.9% last year), Bagwell (55.7% last year), Tim Raines (55% last year), Curt Schilling (39.2%), Mike Mussina (24.6%), Bonds, Clemens, McGwire, Sosa, Lee Smith, Alan Trammell, Edgar Martinez, Larry Walker, Jeff Kent, Fred McGriff, Gary Sheffield, Nomar Garciaparra
My ballot would be: Griffey, Piazza, Bagwell, Raines, Schilling, Mussina, Lee Smith, Trammell
Until Lee Smith gets in, I can't vote for Wagner or Hoffman even if the stats are better. Lee Smith for 10+ years was the most dominant closer in the National League and maybe in all of baseball at the time.
Still a shame the voters dropped the ball on Jack Morris too
