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Every BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot can be relied on for two things: Bert Blyleven, and a bunch of jobbers who will never ever receive a single vote. Let's take a look at the future also-rans, huh?
David Segui took the occasional break from the disabled list to piece together a handful of good seasons. If voted into the Hall of Fame, David Segui will be the first Hall of Famer who was implicated in the Mitchell Report. Also, if voted into the Hall of Fame, David Segui will never be voted into the Hall of Fame.
Todd Zeile's 1990 Topps rookie card was pretty valuable, but he spent the majority of his career as a dependable journeyman backstop. He played for 11 teams. If he were to be inducted into Cooperstown, he should wear a propellor beanie on his plaque.
Mike Jackson was a reliable middle reliever for most of his career. Finally, at age 33, he was given a closer's role and pitched a couple of great seasons. Then he was struck by a wayward meteor and his arms fell off.
It's actually kind of a shame that players like these, who are loved and remembered by their fans and who put together solid careers at the top echelon of baseball, have their named trotted out one last time as comical afterthoughts. C'est la vie.
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by Sean Keeley on Nov 28, 2009 4:33 PM EST reply actions
I think to them, they probably look at it as an honor just to be nominated, even if they’ll — in all likeliness — never received even a last-place vote.
I’ll remember two things about Todd Zeille; one is that he retired the side one time and even managed to strike someone out, which is pretty impressive for a third baseman. Also, in the Subway Series, he was by far the only Met who could handle Roger Clemens, and was really their most reliable batter in that series.
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by ZombieMonta on Nov 28, 2009 6:19 PM EST reply actions
Actually he spent the very vast majority of his career as a third baseman.
As an Orioles fan:
Segui: Boy what a prize
Zeile: Knocked the crap out of the ball in the ‘96 ALCS. Basically Todd Zeile is one of the last good memories Orioles fans have. And he played in a total of 38 games for the O’s.
Mike Jackson: your name is famous!!!!!!! (kinda)
The one total HoF voter snub that I think of when discussing players like this and their HoF ballotry is Lou Whitaker. That dude got about the same amount of attention as Jim Deshaies, which was lame as Whitaker was a terrific player for a long time, but you’d think he was just Alan Trammell’s baggage or something.
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by Scott Christ on Nov 28, 2009 8:20 PM EST reply actions
The HOF 2010 nominees list
Obviously follows the PC spirit of awarding trophys to each little leaguer on every team just for showing up.
The pressure could be removed from the Writers if they instituted a “Hall of Really Good, Beloved, Reliable, Wholesome, Professional, Baseball Players”
by fruntrow on Nov 29, 2009 8:51 PM EST reply actions
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