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Any bold predictions?

I'm reading that Chipper and Thome are locks, as well as Vlad the great and probably Trevor Hoffman.

How close will Mussina, Clemens, Bonds etc get?  Edgar Martinez?

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25 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Any bold predictions?

I'm reading that Chipper and Thome are locks, as well as Vlad the great and probably Trevor Hoffman.

How close will Mussina, Clemens, Bonds etc get?  Edgar Martinez?

Mussina and Edgar get in IMO

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We pretty much know what’s going to happen.    About 55% of the ballots have been made public, and traditionally, the voters who don’t make their ballots public are stingier with their votes.    As to the public ballots, you have Jones at 98%, Vlad 95%, Thome 93%, Hoffman 79%, Martinez 78%.    https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=F2E5D8FC5199DFAF!8063&ithint=file,xlsx&app=Excel&authkey=!AAAsz3uDsmqy_Vw. Everyone else is below 75% on the public ballots (Mussina is closest at 70.5) and it’s extremely unlikely they’ll get in.    Hoffman and Martinez are very borderline — I’m guessing Hoffman makes it and Martinez misses by a whisker.

When you look at Vlad’s stats, you kind of scratch your head and wonder how he’s at 94%.    But this article gives a good explanation:  http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/85136/why-does-everybody-love-vlad-guerrero-so-much

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1 minute ago, weams said:

 

Vladimir Guerrero.

 

 

 

Just now, weams said:

 

Jim Thome.

 

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Legendary Orioles.

 

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