The Chicago Tribune has made the ballots of all their qualified writers public for the 2009 Hall of Fame. I’ve seperated it from the big post of everything because it’s so much.
It includes my absolute favorite “bad” ballot of the year in Dave Van Dyck. Look for him bellow, here’s the listing with links to their reasoning.
Mark Gonzales: Bert Blyleven, Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice
Teddy Greenstein: Bert Blyleven, Andre Dawson, Rickey Henderson, Don Mattingly, Jim Rice, Lee Smith
Phil Hersh: Andre Dawson, Rickey Henderson, Don Mattingly, Jim Rice, Lee Smith, Alan Trammell
Dan McGrath: Bert Blyleven, Andre Dawson, Rickey Henderson, Jack Morris, Jim Rice
Fred Mitchell: Bert Blyleven, Andre Dawson, Rickey Henderson, Tommy John, Jack Morris, Tim Raines, Jim Rice, Lee Smith
Phil Rogers: Harold Baines, Bert Blyleven, Andre Dawson, Mark Grace, Rickey Henderson, Jack Morris, Jim Rice, Tim Raines, Alan Trammell
Paul Sullivan: Harold Baines, Andre Dawson, Rickey Henderson, Tim Raines, Lee Smith
Dave Van Dyck: Andre Dawson, Rickey Henderson, Tommy John, Lee Smith
Bob Verdi: Bert Blyleven, Andre Dawson, Rickey Henderson, Jack Morris, Jim Rice, Lee Smith
I think it’s interesting to look at this spread because it’s different from many of the folks we’ve seen such as Ken Davidoff who are pretty much expected to vote for folks such as Bert Blyleven. It’s disheartening because this is probably more representative of the BBWAA as a whole and it paints somewhat of a bleak picture for Blyleven’s candidacy. I haven’t taken a look at all the pick justification articles soon–I’ll probably put the best of everything into a post by itself within the next week.
In case you’ve missed it: Here’s where you can find all the votes I’ve found.
