Mark Newman

Thanks but more cool of them for hosting an old guy

Here's my Hall of Fame ballot. Thankful as always to the BBHOF Tracker crew for hosting my explainer column at www.bbhoftracker.com/2025/12/mark.... In order, Utley, A-Rod, Pettitte, Beltran, Andruw, Pedroia, Felix, Rollins, Hamels & Manny - for one last hurrah. I check 10 no matter what. #mlb #hof

Came through with that cast iron and shot of Jack in time for Christmas, so don't forget to leave that 5-star love at castironcountry.etsy.com please. ;)

Just Rudolph & 🎅 resting up on Collins Ave in South Beach before the big delivery. Ho Ho Ho

Thanks for your input, but Wright's back unfortunately did not allow him to extend his career long enough. JAWS is my #1 criteria always, and attached is why it indeed makes sense. BTW, I managed Wright's blog during his peak years, great guy to be around. Just not enough ammo in his career.

One Wagner (not Honus) with a shot on the way!

Ha shaddup Fly!!!! Haha

Buy one of my cast iron pans and I'll include a mini bottle of some good stuff for a salute.

- I dropped Manny last year as a Lost Cause, making sure that I use any bubble votes to help keep someone over the 10% threshhold for future analysis. King Felix was my bubble at 11 this time, hope he gets 10%+ so we can discuss more.

- My own biggest surprise in completing this ballot was choosing both Pedroia & Kinsler. The former has a slighter edge because of his postseason work, but JAWS is always my first go-to criteria (thanks @jayjaffe.bsky.social ) and they hold their own on the all-time 2B list.

- I always do an explainer column, but it's like Harry & David in my back room with packing & shipping. I'll follow up with one after the first of the year! I don't feel like you do justice to the honor of voting unless you check the maximum 10 boxes and give supporting analysis, wrong or right.

Mark Newman Hall of Fame Ballot

Happy 25th Anniversary to my @BaseballHall ballot. Almost all my time now is spent picking & restoring vintage cast iron cookware for my Cast Iron Country business at castironcountry.etsy.com. #Baseball & #CastIron are equal parts Americana to me so let's keep both great traditions going. 🇺🇸⚾🍳 #hof

Babe Ruth. More like 6 feet. We talked a little baseball.

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I’m about to make the word great great again. #great