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Biggio joins Bagwell on 2013 HOF Ballot

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by ipaman, Nov 29, 2012.

  1. J.R.

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    Didn't make it. WOW.
     
  2. RKREBORN

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    Bull****. Biggio deserves this
     
  3. kaleidosky

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    mfer

    74.8%%%%%
     
  4. Castor27

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    Frank Thomas? A first ballot? My fat ass
     
  7. juicystream

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    74.8% of the vote.

    Bags moved back to 54%
     
  8. leroy

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    2 F***ING votes short.
     
  9. Air Langhi

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    This is BS. **** the BWAA.
     
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Oh God, I hope the idiots who didn't vote for Biggio are proud of themselves.</p>&mdash; keithlaw (@keithlaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/keithlaw/statuses/420993622809780225">January 8, 2014</a></blockquote>
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  11. J.R.

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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Jeff Bagwell got 54 percent of the vote. That's down from his previous two years (59.6 last year and 56 in 2012).</p>&mdash; Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/statuses/420993690652274688">January 8, 2014</a></blockquote>
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  12. BigBird

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    bull****. and bagwell went down.
     
  13. MadMax

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    holy ish. i'm shocked. that's beyond ridiculous.
     
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/jazayerli">@jazayerli</a> With ~550 voters, that 0.2% is one vote short.</p>&mdash; Mike Fast (@fastballs) <a href="https://twitter.com/fastballs/statuses/420993848689434624">January 8, 2014</a></blockquote>
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  15. Master Baiter

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    How in the hell is Frank Thomas better than Jeff Freaking Bagwell? Puke.
     
  16. RKREBORN

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    Isn't Biggio the only player in history with 3K+ hits not named Rose to not be in the hall of fame?
     
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Biggio missed it by two damn votes, victim of the 10-slot rule</p>&mdash; Jay Jaffe (@jay_jaffe) <a href="https://twitter.com/jay_jaffe/statuses/420994026029199360">January 8, 2014</a></blockquote>
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    No kidding. If Frank is a first ballot guy then Bagwell should be in by now.
     
  19. MadMax

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    The only one who wasn't first ballot guy...now he's not even a second ballot guy. absurd
     
  20. Nick

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    Has anybody ever gotten this close to getting in and NOT eventually been elected?

    It's truly a flawed process. I'm glad social media exists and people who didn't vote for him are exposed. Chass and Pedro Gomez. Ugh.
     

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