Baseball’s Hall of Fame
Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven were elected into the baseball’s Hall of Fame. Alomar was picked on 90 percent of the ballot on his second try. On his first try, Alomar fell short on the 75 percent votes needed to be inducted to the Hall of Fame. During Alomar’s 17 years in the major league, he batted .300 with 210 home runs and 1,134 RBIs. He also had a career average of .318 in 58 post seasons games. He won a record of 10 Gold Gloves at second base and was a 12-time All-Star.
Bert Blyleven was picked 79.9 of the ballots. He had won 285 games and ranked fifth for throwing strikeouts. This was his 14th time on the ballot and his stats had improved over the years. He was well known for throwing curveballs almost every game. He was in second place in votes, behind Roberto Alomar.
Some people like Mark McGwire and Jeff Bagwell made a poor performance on the vote count. They scored the lowest which is under 50 percent. “Guys cheated. They cheated to themselves and their teammates. Baseball is meant to be played cleaned” said a BBWAA member (Baseball Writers' Association of America).
Source: ESPN, http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hof11/news/story?id=5991808
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