Season 8 Hall of Fame Ballot

Minor snafu in the voting this year, as nobody in the AL North wanted on the HOFC. Instead of figuring things out on the fly (since I realistically don't believe anyone will be enshrined this year anyway), I'm just going with 8 people voting, and lowering the required votes from 5 to 4 to make the ballot.

I'm going to keep the 8 people who voted (bader, bearclan, longday, johnderasmo, dubabe, dawgfan, pvc & myself) on the HOFC permanently. KRS & jtrueblue also showed interest in being on the HOFC. I want everybody's input on this, but since they're the only other people who showed interest, I'm thinking of just making them both members and going with a 10 person committee. Would anybody be opposed to this?

Anyway, on to the three person ballot for the Hall of Fame in season 8. Remember, 70% of votes are required to make the HOF. There are 28 eligible voters, but I'm not sure if everyone will vote in time.

The nominees are:


Steven Widger played 5 major league seasons for the Louisville Freezer Monkeys before playing a year at AAA for Jacksonville. He played 680 career games in the bigs, posting 512 runs, 762 hits, 173 doubles, 20 triples, 137 home runs, 482 rbi's, 103 stolen bases and a .298 career average in 2550 at bats. Widger made 2 all star teams, won 2 silver slugger awards, 1 gold glove, and was voted the Season 1 AL MVP.

Bubba Wall played 5 seasons, all with the Texas Tittyballs. In 613 career games, the catcher hit .293 with 382 runs, 627 hits, 91 doubles, 8 triples, 168 home runs, and 512 RBI's. Wall was a 3-time All Star, as well as winning one Silver Slugger award.

Jeremi Warden pitched 5 seasons with Cheyenne and Rochester, mostly as a closer. He pitched 349 innings in 299 games, posting 154 saves in 178 oppurtunities. He struck out 222 batters while posting a 1.25 whip and 2.99 era. He is the Sharkey's World single season saves leader, with 53 in season 5, his last year in the majors. Warden made 3 All Star teams, and won the Season 5 NL Fireman of the Year award.

I'll update this blog once a day with the results on the voting. The deadline is one week from now. 11:30 PM Eastern on Tuesday, December 16th.