Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines Sr., and Pudge Rodriguez voted into Hall of Fame

[realmofotalk]

Matt Stairs falls short in his first ballot.

Votes Percentage
381 Jeff Bagwell 86.2%
380 Tim Raines 86.0%
336 Ivan Rodriguez 76.0%
327 Trevor Hoffman 74.0%
317 Vladimir Guerrero 71.7%
259 Edgar Martinez 58.6%
239 Roger Clemens 54.1%
238 Barry Bonds 53.8%
229 Mike Mussina 51.8%
199 Curt Schilling 45.0%
151 Lee Smith 34.2%
105 Manny Ramirez 23.8%
97 Larry Walker 21.9%
96 Fred McGriff 21.7%
74 Jeff Kent 16.7%
59 Gary Sheffield 13.3%
45 Billy Wagner 10.2%
38 Sammy Sosa 8.6%
17 Jorge Posada 3.8%
3 Magglio Ordonez 0.7%
2 Edgar Renteria 0.5%
2 Jason Varitek 0.5%
1 Tim Wakefield 0.2%
0 Corey Blake 0.0%
0 Pat Burrell 0.0%
0 Orlando Cabrera 0.0%
0 Mike Cameron 0.0%
0 J.D. Drew 0.0%
0 Carlos Guillen 0.0%
0 Derrek Lee 0.0%
0 Melvin Mora 0.0%
0 Arthur Rhodes 0.0%
0 Freddy Sanchez 0.0%
0 Matt Stairs 0.0%

[HollywoodLeo]

5 freaking votes

[realmofotalk]

The nerds don't think any relief pitcher is worthy of the Hall of Fame.

[HollywoodLeo]

There's probably some douchebags waiting for Mariano to be eligible out of some idiotic principle that Trevor shouldn't go in before him.

[dgfred]

Bagwell is daughter's favorite baseball player... she was happy.

Him baseball.
Kobe basketball.
Chargers in general for football. Randy Moss when really young.

[HollywoodLeo]

Predicting next year's class:

Trevor, Vlad, Chipper Jones, Jim Thome

Trevor and Vlad were close enough in votes this year that historical precedent says they should go over the hump next year, especially with Chipper and Thome being the only likely HOFers on their 1st ballot (so no overcrowding issue)

edit: Given the unique dynamic surrounding them, maybe Clemens and Bonds get over the hump. But I bet most voters are either sticking to their guns and refusing or at the very least "punishing" them by making them wait until their 10th and final ballots. If that's the case Bonds and Clemens would be in in 2022.