I took the list from espn.com and decided to list who I would vote for. I put guys into 4 categories: lock, debatable + might deserve it, debatable but probably not, and should be off the ballot. Here is my list:

LOCK
   Goose Gossage
   Dale Murphy (OK, he doesn't belong here but it is a Braves site)

DEBATABLE--MAYBE
   Bert Blyleven
   Andre Dawson
   Tommy John
   Mark McGuire
   Jack Morris
   Tim Raines
   Jim Rice
   Lee Smith

DEBATABLE--PROBABLY NOT
   Harold Baines
   Don Mattingly
   Dale Murphy
   Dave Parker

OFF THE BALLOT
   Brady Anderson
   Rod Beck
   Dave Concepcion
   Shawon Dunston
   Mike Finley
   Travis Fryman
   David Justice
   Chuck Knoblach
   Rob Nen
   Jose Rijo
   Todd Stottlemeyer
   Alan Trammell

Let the debate begin

As most of us would agree, Dale Murphy belongs in the Hall of Fame. For the decade of the 1980's he was as good as it got. If I remember correctly, he was 2nd in some voting for best National League player in the 1980's behind Mike Schmidt. If you are the 2nd best player in the league for a decade, you should be in there. This brings me to my original point. It seems that players who played the majority of their careers during the 80's get no respect. Very few have been elected to the Hall of Fame. It doesn't make sense to me because neither position players nor pitchers are making it in. Any ideas on why?

Is there a realistic chance that Texiera will sign with the Braves long term? What are people hearing or seeing on this topic? I just don't see how he stays beyond this year. I guess some older players (Smoltz, Glavine, Jones) have to retire sometime, but where will the money come from? I wouldn't even trust Boras if he were standing right in front of me, so I don't have a lot of confidence in him being locked up before becoming a free agent. If he does become a free agent, I just don't think we can compete with the money that will be thrown his way