I think I’d use my full ten picks
-Bert Blyleven
-Andre Dawson
-Tim Raines
-Mark McGwire
-Jack Morris
- Roberto Alomar
-Barry Larkin
- Edgar Martinez
- Fred McGriff
-Lee Smith

He doesn’t make outs apparently.

And then of course Alomar Byleven Raines McGwire Larkin and Edgar

Alomar
Blyleven
Dawson
Larkin
McGwire
Murphy
Trammell
Ventura

but then I saw you had Trammell. I never thought of Larkin as a future HOF type guy when he was playing, but his career was pretty impressive. He definitely passes the “best guy at his position in his league” test – 12 AS appearances over a 13 year stretch, and the only year he didn’t make it he won the Silver Slugger (he won 9 of those).

Blyleven, Alomar, Trammell, Raines and Martinez are all in. Dawson, no. McGwire I’m leaning too. Larkin not yet

raines & blyleven – because smart people on the internet tell me so
mcgwire – because steroids were a good thing for baseball – he should get his own wing
dale murphy – i know he was a brave but it was when they sucked and my baseball mitt in little league bore his signature

thats all i have and real or fake reason to want to vote for anyone. i could probably be convinced about larkin, trammell and alomar and they would all end up on my ballot if i was actually voting, i think. i would definitely NOT vote for andrew dawson, don mattingly, or jack morris, because screw those guys. i dont think i would vote for lee smith or edgar martinez, because relief pitchers and DHs need to be otherworldly good at their position because they are only half a baseball player.

it would be nice to put tom veile on the ballot too because he plyed with some much heart and passion but it is only his first time and i believe in making players like that wait before letting them into the hall.

Of this list, Blyleven, Larkin, and possibly Alomar probably have the best chances of getting in. McGwire, next year, if all goes well with his job with the Cardinals.

Alomar
Blyleven
Larkin
Martinez
McGwire
Raines
Trammel
Ventura

Not Hall caliber by any stretch of the imagination but he had a quietly solid career. 3.35 K/BB and 3.69 FIP.

McGwire and Sosa saved baseball with their homerun race.

I don’t think you can’t say one is in and the other is out. If you’re OK with steroids, they’re both in. If not, they’re both out.

with the line of reasoning that your vote on McGwire has to be consistent with your vote on everyone else who has done anything illegal or possibly taken some PED or had big boobs or anything else. He certainly used steroids. I don’t know if his career ever would have gotten back on track without them. I don’t know how much they inflated his home run totals. I don’t know how much his otherworldly OBPs later in his career were affected by his ability to launch long balls at will (but it’s probably a lot). Those things make me uncomfortable enough about his career, and I’m sure enough that he’s a black eye on the sport, that he’s not on my ballot. I don’t think he necessarily has to be in the same category as every other suspected or possible cheater. And I certainly do not think that whether steroids were banned or not when he played is an issue.

wearing a Mets cap of course

Roberto Alomar
Bert Blyleven
Barry Larkin
Mark McGwire
Tim Raines
Alan Trammell

Most of these guys are pretty self-explanatory. I am very, very close on Andre Dawson, who was a hell of an outfielder and probably doesn’t get enough respect for that. If he goes in, I won’t be terribly displeased despite a poor career OBA.

I’m also very, very close on Edgar Martinez. There are, in my eyes, two big issues with Edgar’s candidacy. First, he provided zero defensive value, and, in a league/era without a DH, he would have likely accrued quite a lot of negative defensive value. And second, he wasn’t the most durable of players despite being a DH - only a couple times in his career did he top 150 games (adjusting for the strike, of course). I do throw in a little extra credit earlier in his career-it’s not his fault the Mariners were stupid enough to prefer Jim Presley as long as they did. Very close, but I have him down as a no right now.

Blyleven
Larkin
Raines
Alomar
McGwire
Segui (not really)

I might also consider voting for Trammell, but I don’t think I want to make the ballot too heavy on underrated middle infielders. Jack Morris and Don Mattingly don’t belong anywhere near the Hall of Fame, at least unless there’s a way the writers can go back and put Keith in too because he was better.