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Two From Trib Snub Hawk
Written by wrigleyville   
Sunday, 07 January 2007
The Tribune published how their nine writers cast their Hall of Fame ballots this year. All but two - Mark Gonzalez and Phil Hersh - voted for Andre Dawson. And, yes, they both voted for Jim Rice.

Here's the rationale from Gonzalez on voting for Rice (he is silent on leaving Dawson out):

I never covered Jim Rice, but I saw enough of his games to recognize what a dominant hitter he was. The sight of him hitting a ball out of the Oakland Coliseum on two bounces during batting practice in 1978 was just a sampling of his strength and intimidation.

Um, so I presume he will vote for Russell Branyan for the Hall of Fame after he retires. Sure, he can't play worth a lick, but he puts on a hell of a show during batting practice.

Plus, this from Hersh:

And, with a bow to the achievements of sluggers who likely were not using steroids, my first vote for Jim Rice, who hit more than 40 homers just once but between 20 and 40—when those were respected numbers—15 times. I know, as my colleague Mike Downey pointed out convincingly, that Andre Dawson's record looks as good as Rice's, except for career batting average. That's a point I will weigh seriously next year.

And Dawson's record far exceeds Rice's on the basepaths and in the field (eight Gold Gloves to none). So, according to Hersh, Dawson is only worth considering after he waits seven years?

Goofiness.
Update: I was mildly encouraged by the seven of nine voters selecting Dawson, until I did the math and realized that it was only 77 percent - just 2 percentage points above what is needed. If the Tribune writers are only giving him 77 percent, it isn't encouraging overall.

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