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The dumbass who left Ichiro off of his HOF ballot should be revealed to the public, publicly shamed and humiliated, literally tarred and feathered, blacklisted from baseball, and be forced to repent for the rest of his natural life.

Speaking as a Cardinals fan and a fan of baseball, there is no reason why Mariano Rivera should've gotten a unanimous vote while Ichiro and Griffey Jr. didn't.
 
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The dumbass who left Ichiro off of his HOF ballot should be revealed to the public, publicly shamed and humiliated, literally tarred and feathered, blacklisted from baseball, and be forced to repent for the rest of his natural life.

Speaking as a Cardinals fan and a fan of baseball, there is no reason why Mariano Rivera should've gotten a unanimous vote while Ichiro and Griffey Jr. didn't.
It doesn't actually matter or affect anything, and anyone who goes into a group of 100 or more people and expects unanimity is the one who has erred.
 
It doesn't actually matter or affect anything, and anyone who goes into a group of 100 or more people and expects unanimity is the one who has erred.

Because that same dumbass voted for Mariano Rivera unanimously, along with 100+ people. You can't tell me that a f***ing reliever can get a unanimous vote while Griffey Jr. and Ichiro don't. It was one idiot with both of them, and both of them should've gotten in unanimously.

What galls me even more is that the guy who did it will remain anonymous. Whomever it is doesn't have the courage to justify their insanity, and if they did, I'd respect him/her a lot more than I do now.
 
Because that same dumbass voted for Mariano Rivera unanimously, along with 100+ people. You can't tell me that a f***ing reliever can get a unanimous vote while Griffey Jr. and Ichiro don't. It was one idiot with both of them, and both of them should've gotten in unanimously.
What does it matter?
 
What does it matter?

It's a f***ing reliever over two very iconic players who had absolutely no reason not to be unanimously admitted into the HOF. I don't care if you're the greatest reliever in the game of baseball, like Rivera was; if you're nominated as the only unanimous candidate ever and Griffey Jr. and Ichiro aren't, something is very, very skewed about the writers choosing who gets in.

I still think it's horseshit that Edmonds fell off the ballot on his first year and that Manny, Clemens, Bonds, and A-Rod - known cheaters - were allowed to remain on. Hell, if you're going to let cheats have even a chance to get into the Hall, you might as well revoke Shoeless Joe Jackson's ban as well because he likely didn't gamble and still is banned more than a century after he last played on the bad faith ruling of a commissioner who was honestly a terrible person himself.

What I'm trying to say? This is bullshit that Ichiro didn't get that one vote to be unanimous, and everyone who has even slightly heard of baseball knows it.
 
Because that same dumbass voted for Mariano Rivera unanimously, along with 100+ people. You can't tell me that a f***ing reliever can get a unanimous vote while Griffey Jr. and Ichiro don't. It was one idiot with both of them, and both of them should've gotten in unanimously.

What galls me even more is that the guy who did it will remain anonymous. Whomever it is doesn't have the courage to justify their insanity, and if they did, I'd respect him/her a lot more than I do now.
Randy Johnson, Pedro, Greg Maddux, Cal Ripken, Johnny Bench, Mike Smidt... I mean the list goes on and on of slam dunk elite best of the best at their position who didn't get 100%. It's so crazy.

Like I guess if you want to say that Mo was unanimously the best RP ever so he deserves 100% while at other positions you could get into a Willie Mays vs. Hank Aaron debate... sure I understand it... but that's not what the HOF ballot is for. It's about who is deserving to be inducted. Just vote yes or no based on if they should be in and that's it.
 
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