# Baseball HoF: Results are in...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hof-results-are-in/223065>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 6, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hof-results-are-in/223065 "2004-01-06T19:04:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hof-results-are-in/223065/1 "2004-01-06T19:04:55Z")

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Eckersley and Molitor.

Sandberg got screwed AGAIN! AGH!

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hof-results-are-in/223065/2 "2004-01-06T19:07:20Z")

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More info:

> **[Eck, Molitor elected](https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1701698)**
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> Dennis Eckersley and Paul Molitor were inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Surprising, Joe Carter and Keith Hernandez didn’t get the required 5%. They’re off the ballot until they’re eligible for consideration by the bi-yearly Veteran’s Committee.

Agh.

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**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hof-results-are-in/223065/3 "2004-01-06T19:21:26Z")

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Well, at least Sandberg was third. Next time he’s a shoe-in!

\<crosses fingers\>

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hof-results-are-in/223065/4 "2004-01-06T20:39:37Z")

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Why the heck does Ryno have so much trouble? He’s amongst the top ten, and maybe even top 5, at his position all time, unlike certain others who were tops of their era but not amongst the all-time greats (Jack Morris, Bert Blyleven, Jim Rice, Andre Dawson, Dale Murphy).

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hof-results-are-in/223065/5 "2004-01-07T00:34:09Z")

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ESPN baseball writer (and HOF voter) Jayson Stark has an interesting [column](http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=1701726) about the ballot and how he reasoned out his choices. Sandburg should be in easily - I can’t figure out why he’s not.