Honored to be nominated for a SABR Analytics award alongside some fantastic writers in the Historical Analysis/Commentary category. I wrote about reinstatement of permanently ineligible players & the potential to make some HOF candidates ineligible via a new rule blogs.fangraphs.com/never-is-a-l...
With the election of Andruw Jones, 11 of the 14 players I profiled at length in The Cooperstown Casebook (2017) have now been elected to the Hall of Fame.
Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones both elected to the Hall of Fame. Coverage @fangraphs.com later this evening
I’m begging Brian Kenney and MLB Network to stop giving a platform to Rob Parker.
here I am discussing my Hall of Fame ballot on MLB Now with Brian Kenny youtu.be/4kPH33rlQpk
Great spot, Jay!
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
I mean, they play it as the ceremony lead-up every year. So, nothing will change.
Man, Andruw is getting dicey.
The commercial says to ask Sherwin Williams. But this is the Sherwin I have questions for.
The fact that Félix Hernández, Andy Pettitte and even Cole Hamels could all be Hall-of-Famers at some point is proof that the standards for pitchers in Cooperstown are (understandably) changing.
Thanks to @jayjaffe.bsky.social & @notmrtibbs.com for their help with this.
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Another year. Another dogshit ballot from this idiot.
I think Laura is fantastic, but did she advise why she took Utley off?
Surely Porcello was worthy over Beltran or Jones. We need a column sweep!
Appreciate the snark, Mike. I get it. Thank you.
This is what I came to check on. He seems pretty lock-ish.
That’s a tough miss for Andruw. Still think this is coming down to a handful in either direction.
Terrible clown
I’d like to see Venn diagram this ballot.
This is a ballot submitted by a human being who checked boxes.
Filed my Hall of Fame ballot explainer @fangraphs.com, up — and into the @notmrtibbs.com Tracker — tomorrow.
He gave a very thorough response as to why - “sorry to drop Chase Utley.”
My response is, yes. The ballot is not.
Makes sense since he didn’t have any more room.
Thank you all for the birthday wishes! Have had a lovely day with the family, seeing Zootopia 2 and eating soup dumplings at Din’s Kitchen in Sunset Park. Here’s hoping whatever you’re celebrating today, you’re doing it among loved ones.
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Nard Dog got into the egg nog. Holy macaroni.
I’d almost rather listen to Lee Greenwood. Almost.
Absolutely nothing but respect for the US Postal Service over the course of my lifetime. But, they’ve had a rough year. Have a bad feeling we are gonna be missing a few ballots this year. The fact that the HOF does this in 2026 is wild. We need an entry system with multiple layers of sign-in.
Literally the worst of the steroid bunch for how it negatively impacted another decent human being. The votes for him have been shocking.
The easiest NO for me on the ballot, and it wasn’t even close.
I’d toss a courtesy vote to a one-and-done guy before I’d consider Braun, and I don’t understand the mental gymnastics one has to do justify voting for him.
