Belichick Not Elected to Hall of Fame

[boog204]

And as bad as the Pro Football and Baseball HOF are, nothing is as awful as the Rock and Roll hall of fame. Some great rock bands not in it, while pop stars and rappers are.

I always thought the Football HOF was the one with credibility and selectivity. It's idiotic that Belichick is not a first ballot guy. Just utterly ridiculous.

The Baseball HOF has been a joke for ages. If you're nice to the press and are likable, you are in. Guys like Albert Belle never stood a chance. Eddie Murray only got 85% of the vote despite shoo-in #'s because he never got along with the media. Some voters didn't vote for Steve Carlton when he was up. While I dislike Schilling the person immensely, the guy is a HOF pitcher who somehow dropped 13% on his last voting cycle.

On the RNR angle, I've read (and I'm not sure if this is entirely accurate) that they actually charge the bands for the induction. I know Steve Miller came out and said they basically gave him two free tickets and then charged $10k for each additional ticket. So theoretically, the band would have dropped lots of $$ to be at their own induction.

 

[fomalhaut]

Other than the stupidity of the voting, what amazed me more than anything was its almost unanimous condemnation on Twitter, even from people who loathe Belichick and the Patriots. There were hundreds of posts, and I think I saw three which agreed with the voters who blocked him.

 

[HuskyHawk]

You left out Papi somehow in the baseball cheating line. That’s even more of an impact comparison than Beltran.

What if a voter said no this time, why would he change next time? It’s ridiculous he should be a first ballot no doubt.

Ortiz passed a lot of tests and was still great. He sure as hell never had the body of a guy on juice. I ignore the steroid era. Bonds and Clemens both did more than enough long before PEDS. Our own local boy Jeff Bagwell never got caught, but there's really no doubt. I suspect 2/3 of MLB was on juice in that era and if you weren't maybe you couldn't compete. Nomar on the cover of SS? As a Sox fan I have to admit, probably.

I think part of what happened in baseball is that certain guys discovered modern training methods and legitimately busted their butts. Suddenly, a league full of guys who didn't pay enough attention to it needed to catch up. Now these guys work out from middle school on and it doesn't really matter anymore. Baseball players have never been more ripped. Adrolis Chapman without a shirt is shocking. This is a pitcher? I remember David Wells.