Olney's point is that the new transparency of the vote will force voters to be accountable, and that may shame some of the guys who'd not voted for obvious shoo-ins to get their heads out their asses. It's a reasonable suggestion, though I do think a few guys will revel in the attention that will come in being a naysayer.
When the Astros went in full blow-up mode 5 years ago their biggest, and pretty much only desirable, pieces were an aging Oswalt, Hunter Pence, and Michael Bourn. That didn't result in a great haul of talent. The White Sox are going to be too good to get those #1 picks, that the Astros hit out of the park with 2 out of 3 of them.
Olney's point is that the new transparency of the vote will force voters to be accountable, and that may shame some of the guys who'd not voted for obvious shoo-ins to get their heads out their asses. It's a reasonable suggestion, though I do think a few guys will revel in the attention that will come in being a naysayer.
I don't understand how guys who write opinion pieces for a living, don't want to defend their picks publicly.
1. Rivera should be a 100% vote for the HOF
2. Yankees Farm System is likely the best in the MLB
3. LolNats
4. Manny Machado & Bryce Harper going to the Yankees on December 16, 2017
Obv can't read the article but lol @ thinking Mariano deserves this when someone like Randy Johnson has double the WAR and pitched over 3 times as many innings.
Keep overrating him idiots.
Reading comprehension is hard huh? Olney is saying Rivera may be 100% because no voter wants to be outed as being the guy that didn't vote him in. He's not saying Rivera is the best player to ever play.
If this rule existed last year, Griffey would have been 100%. It's just coinciding w/ Rivera being elected to the HoF.
Reading comprehension is hard huh? Olney is saying Rivera may be 100% because no voter wants to be outed as being the guy that didn't vote him in. He's not saying Rivera is the best player to ever play.
If this rule existed last year, Griffey would have been 100%. It's just coinciding w/ Rivera being elected to the HoF.
And a major LOL at anyone overrating Rivera.
Sure seems to be because I said in my post I obv can't read it because I don't pay for insider.
He gathers every ballot and also puts in it a format where it lists who gained/lost a vote if he has a ballot from them from last year in his collection.