Comments on: Strange HOF Voting http://seamheads.com/2008/01/18/strange-hof-voting/ Mon, 21 May 2012 16:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike Lynch http://seamheads.com/2008/01/18/strange-hof-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Mike Lynch Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:58:39 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/01/18/strange-hof-voting/#comment-329 John, Now that I have all my facts straight I'll have something whipped up by tomorrow. Keep your pants on (PLEASE)! :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('329','Mike Lynch'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('329','Mike Lynch','John,\r\n\r\nNow that I have all my facts straight I\'ll have something whipped up by tomorrow. Keep your pants on (PLEASE)! :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> John,

Now that I have all my facts straight I’ll have something whipped up by tomorrow. Keep your pants on (PLEASE)! :)

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]]> By: John Lease http://seamheads.com/2008/01/18/strange-hof-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-328 John Lease Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:17:00 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/01/18/strange-hof-voting/#comment-328 Well, get writing Mike! Don't leave us on pins and needles! :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('328','John Lease'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('328','John Lease','Well, get writing Mike! Don\'t leave us on pins and needles! :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Well, get writing Mike! Don’t leave us on pins and needles! :)
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]]> By: Mike Lynch http://seamheads.com/2008/01/18/strange-hof-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Mike Lynch Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:40:23 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/01/18/strange-hof-voting/#comment-319 I did a little research and found the reason why Lemon suddenly became more popular with the writers in 1972. Instead of posting it here, though, I'm going to write a companion piece, which I hope to have posted on Monday. Mike<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('319','Mike Lynch'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('319','Mike Lynch','I did a little research and found the reason why Lemon suddenly became more popular with the writers in 1972. Instead of posting it here, though, I\'m going to write a companion piece, which I hope to have posted on Monday.\r\n\r\nMike'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I did a little research and found the reason why Lemon suddenly became more popular with the writers in 1972. Instead of posting it here, though, I’m going to write a companion piece, which I hope to have posted on Monday.

Mike

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]]> By: Mike Hoban http://seamheads.com/2008/01/18/strange-hof-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Mike Hoban Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:49:23 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/01/18/strange-hof-voting/#comment-318 John, that is an interesting point that I have not considered. A new group of writers who may have viewed the players' accomplishments in an entirely different (and more accurate) light. The fact that the better of the two (Lemon) was eventually elected would seem to lend some credibility to this theory.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('318','Mike Hoban'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('318','Mike Hoban','John, that is an interesting point that I have not considered. A new group of writers who may have viewed the players\' accomplishments in an entirely different (and more accurate) light. \r\n\r\nThe fact that the better of the two (Lemon) was eventually elected would seem to lend some credibility to this theory.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> John, that is an interesting point that I have not considered. A new group of writers who may have viewed the players’ accomplishments in an entirely different (and more accurate) light.

The fact that the better of the two (Lemon) was eventually elected would seem to lend some credibility to this theory.

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]]> By: John Lease http://seamheads.com/2008/01/18/strange-hof-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-316 John Lease Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:47:28 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/01/18/strange-hof-voting/#comment-316 Interesting Michael. One point I can think of is the expansion of baseball in 1969. When the leagues both expanded they added a lot of new baseball writer voters, I'd assume. And while American League writers were probably swayed by the many years Reynolds pitched for the Yankees and won World Series, giving him a higher percentage each year over Lemon, with expansion (and a Yankee downcycle) a bunch of new voters probably looked at Lemon's season's differently, plus the fact that he was with the 1954 Indians, who they knew as the most winning team in history(up to that time). I'd guess that that Indian team didn't have a single HOF'er, and that Lemon picked up support from that. Just speculating....<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('316','John Lease'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('316','John Lease','Interesting Michael. One point I can think of is the expansion of baseball in 1969. When the leagues both expanded they added a lot of new baseball writer voters, I\'d assume. And while American League writers were probably swayed by the many years Reynolds pitched for the Yankees and won World Series, giving him a higher percentage each year over Lemon, with expansion (and a Yankee downcycle) a bunch of new voters probably looked at Lemon\'s season\'s differently, plus the fact that he was with the 1954 Indians, who they knew as the most winning team in history(up to that time). I\'d guess that that Indian team didn\'t have a single HOF\'er, and that Lemon picked up support from that.\r\n\r\nJust speculating....'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Interesting Michael. One point I can think of is the expansion of baseball in 1969. When the leagues both expanded they added a lot of new baseball writer voters, I’d assume. And while American League writers were probably swayed by the many years Reynolds pitched for the Yankees and won World Series, giving him a higher percentage each year over Lemon, with expansion (and a Yankee downcycle) a bunch of new voters probably looked at Lemon’s season’s differently, plus the fact that he was with the 1954 Indians, who they knew as the most winning team in history(up to that time). I’d guess that that Indian team didn’t have a single HOF’er, and that Lemon picked up support from that.

Just speculating….

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