The BBWAA has wrested its website back from certain unscrupulous internet zealots long enough to announce that Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar received enough votes -- 75% or better -- to have earned election to baseball's Hall of Fame.
John Olerud (4 votes) received even less support than the laughably inferior Tino Martinez (6 votes).
While a number of truly deserving players were not selected this time around -- Jeff Bagwell and Tim Raines, among others -- at least the two newest members of the Hall have demonstrably earned their place among baseball's immortals.
Full voting results are after the jump.
| Name | Votes | Pct. |
|---|---|---|
| Roberto Alomar | 523 | 90.0% |
| Bert Blyleven | 463 | 79.7% |
| Barry Larkin | 361 | 62.1% |
| Jack Morris | 311 | 53.5% |
| Lee Smith | 263 | 45.3% |
| Jeff Bagwell | 242 | 41.7% |
| Tim Raines | 218 | 37.5% |
| Edgar Martinez | 191 | 32.9% |
| Alan Trammell | 141 | 24.3% |
| Larry Walker | 118 | 20.3% |
| Mark McGwire | 115 | 19.8% |
| Fred McGriff | 104 | 17.9% |
| Dave Parker | 89 | 15.3% |
| Don Mattingly | 79 | 13.6% |
| Dale Murphy | 73 | 12.6% |
| Rafael Palmeiro | 64 | 11.0% |
| Juan Gonzalez | 30 | 5.2% |
| Harold Baines | 28 | 4.8% |
| John Franco | 27 | 4.6% |
| Kevin Brown | 12 | 2.1% |
| Tino Martinez | 6 | 1.0% |
| Marquis Grissom | 4 | 0.7% |
| Al Leiter | 4 | 0.7% |
| John Olerud | 4 | 0.7% |
| B.J. Surhoff | 2 | 0.3% |
| Bret Boone | 1 | 0.2% |
| Benito Santiago | 1 | 0.2% |
| Carlos Baerga | 0 | 0.0% |
| Lenny Harris | 0 | 0.0% |
| Bobby Higginson | 0 | 0.0% |
| Charles Johnson | 0 | 0.0% |
| Raul Mondesi | 0 | 0.0% |
| Kirk Rueter | 0 | 0.0% |
Note: 436 votes were required to meet the 75% election threshold.