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The devil’s advocate: why Cal Ripken is not a first ballot hall of famer

jemill3 posted 8/6/2007 from vicksdogs.com

Just last week, Cal Ripken Jr. was officially inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame. There has never been a player on the ballot for the first time voted into the Hall unanimously, but Ripken appeared on 98.53% of the ballots in January. Put me in there with the 1.47% who didn’t want him in. I assume those guys didn’t vote for Cal because they have something against voting in first-year ...