My Picks for the Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot

On Monday, Jan. 12, Jim Rice will likely join Rickey Henderson in celebrating the results of the 2009 Baseball Writers Association of America balloting, and this summer, will join the ranks of baseball’s immortals.    This writer has no ballot, but perhaps posting the would-be ballot will help lead, somewhere down the road, to actual membership in the BBWAA.   The Hall of Fame voting has been dissected in 14 directions by every writer, blogger, and columnist in the country, but since I obviously know better than all of them (except the fortunate few who happen to agree with me), it’s only right that I add to the noise.   To that end, we have an examination of the candidates, broken into categories that made sense at the time of writing.    I think it’s nearly as important when we get to this point to remember the careers of the stars who were good enough to get on the ballot as it is to argue the merits of the serious candidates:  ... (link)