2011 HOF Ballot

Here is a quick look at the stacked 2011 Hall-of-Fame ballot and who I would definitely vote for, who I would definitely leave off, and who is borderline (in order from top-to-bottom):

Yes	No	Borderline
Roberto Alomar	Dale Murphy	Alan Trammell
Jeff Bagwell	Jack Morris	Barry Larkin
Bert Blylevan	Dave Parker	Edgar Martinez
Mark McGwire	John Franco	Larry Walker
Tim Raines	Juan Gonzalez	Fred McGriff
Rafael Palmeiro	Don Mattingly	John Olerud
	Harold Baines	Kevin Brown
	Tino Martinez
	Bret Boone
	Raul Mondesi
	Bobby Higginson
	Al Leiter
	Marquis Grissom
	Benito Santiago
	Lee Smith
	Carlos Baerga
	Charles Johnson
	Kirk Rueter
	B. J. Surhoff
	Lenny Harris

My “Yes” group is the group I would vote for 100% of the time, no questions asked.  The “No” group is the group that I would say no to 99% of the time.  I may give a vote once or twice to a couple of the guys if I was given 1000 votes but that’s about it. 

My “Borderline” group is a group that has compelling cases for but, me being a “Small Hall” guy, I am on the fences.  Yes, The borderline group, even some of the no group, are better than some guys already in the HOF but that is not an argument for someone to be enshrined.  The only thing that accomplishes is watering-down the HOF, and I am not about that.

If I were a Small-Hall guy I would probably vote for my borderline group, but I am not a Small-Hall guy.  As it stands now I would probably vote for Trammell, Larkin, and Martinez.  I plan on making a case for each in the “Borderline” group soon.  Stay tuned…