Time for some Klezmer.
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John Henry “Pop” Lloyd (1884)
George Fiall (1900)
Bill Grieve (1900)
Roy Parmelee (1907)
Bobby Estalella (1911)
Red Flaherty (1917)
Ed Vargo (1930)
Lew Krausse (1943)
Kerry Taylor (1950)
Greg Wells (1954)
Larry Pashnick (1956)
Tony Phillips (1959)
Darren Holmes (1966)
Joe Buck (1969)
Brad Clontz (1971)
Jacque Jones (1975)
Garrett Mock (1983)
Shortstop Pop Lloyd was called the Black Honus Wagner.
A member of the basketball hall of fame as part of the “Renaissance Five” team, shortstop George Fiall played in the Negro Leagues from 1918-1931.
Bill Grieve was an American League umpire from 1938-1955.
Red Flaherty was an American League umpire from 1953-1973.
Ed Vargo was a National League umpire from 1960-1983 and was an umpire supervisor from 1984-1997.
Kerry Taylor played for the GCL Twins in 1968. He then went into the Army and was killed in the Vietnam War.
Some sources say that Joe Buck is a professional baseball broadcaster.
Garrett Mock was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 2002, but did not sign.
Hot on the heels of my wildly popular Mexican Tuna Melt, I thought I'd share tonight's dinner as well. Whereas the last one was the result of my raiding the pantry for anything that might plausibly go together, this meal was planned well in advance. Originally, I was going to be cooking for a dinner date, but things got postponed. But that was not going to stop me from having this delicious meal. Continue reading Chicken Stir Fry
I'd really like to head home with a series win here.
Continue reading 2014 Game 21: Minnesota Twins at Tampa Bay Rays
The old me:
“My dog ate my homework.” Translation: “I didn’t do it.”
“There must have been a power outage or something because my alarm didn’t go off!” Translation: “I overslept.”
“If Joe in accounting had done his job, I’d have finished this project on time.” Translation: “I procrastinated and gave it to Joe in accounting a day before the deadline.”
“Man was that traffic terrible this morning.” Translation: “I overslept”
The new me:
“Everything takes twice as long with a two-year-old in the house!” Translation: “Everything takes twice as long with a two-year-old in the house!”
Sound familiar?
I'll let you all in on a little secret. After the last vote I commissioned a focus group to try and tweak the rules to make this process a little more enjoyable long-term. I'm sure the tweaking isn't finished, as we want this process to be fun, not laborious. We're hopeful that the changes will make each new ballot more interesting as well as allowing us to speed through the years a bit faster.
Changes Now In Effect
1. Name change! This was unanimous and suggested by CarterHayes. Perhaps it will also put less pressure on people to vote "correctly." Big thanks to hungry joe for making the changes.
2. Daneeka's Ghost has created a voting history spreadsheet. A link to it is below. It's pretty amazing. Hopefully this spreadsheet along with Brian's will help people with their voting process.
3. Threshold to remain on the ballot has risen to 25%. If this had been in effect for the previous two elections, we'd already have seven fewer people around.
4. You can only use your Maybe vote on 25% of the ballot. For each ballot I will provide you with a max number.
5. After three times on a ballot, players will no longer have a Maybe option next to their name. They deserve a firm answer after 2-3 months of thinking about it.
Other Discussion Points
Some proposed limiting the number of times someone can be on a ballot. Majority decided that it's too early to place such a restriction, but this may be revisited if some players stay on for a while with little movement.
Discussion occurred regarding skipping around eras. Majority decided to keep things going chronologically for the sake of continuity and keeping the ballot more of an organic process.
Some thought that once we reach the 20th century, there will be fewer people remaining on the ballot year after year. Some felt the opposite, as views will be more entrenched as voters will be more confident, forcing us to kick people off after a while. We shall see.
1894-1896 Ballot
I am only listing the new people below. I went just over 30 people for this ballot to keep things moving. I'm hopeful we'll have many people fall off after this one and things will become a little saner. There are 24 returning players and 9 new ones.
Returning Players to the Ballot
New Pitchers
Ice Box Chamberlain
John Clarkson
Tony Mullane
New Batters
Pete Browning
Oyster Burns
Charlie Comiskey
Jack Glasscock
Tommy McCarthy
Monte Ward
One of my favorite tenors. Saw him last at the Met playing the role of young Gandhi (in South Africa) in Satyagraha.
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Howard Ehmke (1894)
Harry Harper (1895)
Andy Cooper (1896)
Ed Musial (1922)
Frank Lucchesi (1927)
Lou DiMuro (1931)
Terry Tata (1940)
Ivan Murrell (1943)
Bill Singer (1944)
Pat Zachry (1952)
Bill Krueger (1958)
Mike Blowers (1965)
Omar Vizquel (1967)
Todd Jones (1968)
Chipper Jones (1972)
John Barnes (1976)
Carlos Beltran (1977)
MISS SBG (2007)
Andy Cooper pitched in the Negro Leagues from 1920-1939. He managed the Kansas City Monarchs to four consecutive Negro American League Championships from 1937-1940. He also holds the Negro Leagues career record for saves with 29.
The brother of Stan Musial, Ed Musial played in the minors in 1941 and from 1946-1950.
Frank Lucchesi managed in the minors for twenty-three seasons and in the majors for seven seasons.
Lou DiMuro was an American League umpire from 1963-1982.
Terry Tata was a National League umpire from 1973-1999.
Is it the anniversary of my quitting smoking again already? It seems like I just did one of these, and this one crept up out of nowhere. Twelve years, dudes.
