From an
article in the Bal'mer Sun:
Of the 178 members of the BBWAA who answered the question about Ripken's induction, only one, Paul Ladewski, a columnist for the Daily Southtown in suburban Chicago, said he didn't vote for Ripken.
"In an attempt to uphold the Hall of Fame standards established by their predecessors, I will not vote for anyone who played in the 1993-2004 period, which I consider to be the Steroids Era," Ladewski wrote in an e-mail to The Sun last month. "That includes Tony Gwynn, Mark McGwire and Cal Ripken Jr."
Nevermind that Rip's power numbers declined during the era in question, that Tony Gwynn never had power numbers, or that someone willing to write off 11 years of baseball ought not to be employed as a baseball writer, much mess given a vote for the Hall of Fame. Paul Ladewski seems like the kind of guy who voted for Nader, twice, just to ruin everybody's fun. He also seems like the kind of guy who has no columns posted in his
online archive. I think we all know where he needs to get punched. Let's just say that McGwire's probably doesn't work like it used to.
1 comment:
McGwire is clearly trash. I don't mean to be judgemental, but no, no no. She looks like a porn star.
Cal is clearly class. So is Gwynn. Anyone who says otherwise for any reason should be the subject of a controversial cell phone video featuring hempen cords of substantial thickness.
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