HOF ballot coming up

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by David W

Luis Gonzalez and Brady Anderson having historic seasons......

I wondered about those guys as well, but it's not unprecedented: Davey Johnson had a phenomenal power year back before steroids, and Ryan Braun did pretty well this year, presumably drug-free. Hack Wilson also seemed to power-peak over a very short period.

So as far as assuming they all did it, I don't think we can do that. But of course, the HOF voters can.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I wondered about those guys as well, but it's not unprecedented: Davey Johnson had a phenomenal power year back before steroids, and Ryan Braun did pretty well this year, presumably drug-free. Hack Wilson also seemed to power-peak over a very short period.

So as far as assuming they all did it, I don't think we can do that. But of course, the HOF voters can.

On the pitching side Steve Stone had a Cy Young season out of nowhere, and then vanished immediately.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I wondered about those guys as well, but it's not unprecedented: Davey Johnson had a phenomenal power year back before steroids, and Ryan Braun did pretty well this year, presumably drug-free. Hack Wilson also seemed to power-peak over a very short period.

So as far as assuming they all did it, I don't think we can do that. But of course, the HOF voters can.

Yes Brady and Gonzo certainly do raise some eyebrows, and Jose Bautista if you were to throw out the past two seasons and just have his first breakout season.

It's looking pretty clear something helped, but with Jose, he made some major major adjustments at the plate, and kudos to Chad Mottola for that, Jose owes him almost every cent of his paycheck.