January 10, 200620 yr NEW YORK -- Bruce Sutter made history on Tuesday. Not only did he become the latest member of baseball's most exclusive club by the slimmest of margins, the right-handed split-fingered fastball artist became the first pure reliever ever elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In a year in which there were no runaway candidates, a select group of 520 members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America cast their votes -- the most in history -- anointing only Sutter, who pitched for the Cardinals, Cubs and Braves in a career that spanned from 1976-88, ending when his signature pitch shredded the insides of his right elbow. Only three pitchers previously elected to the Hall were known for their closing skills. But Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers and Dennis Eckersley all made numerous starts during their illustrious careers. Sutter never started a game, but he finished 512 of them to record 300 saves, the 19th most in history. Sutter will be inducted during Hall of Fame Weekend ceremonies in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 30, giving baseball's red brick shrine on Main Street 196 former players, 103 elected by the BBWAA. He'll be in New York on Wednesday for the traditional Hall of Fame electee press conference. Dale Petroskey, the Hall of Fame president, made the announcement of Sutter's election Tuesday on BaseballChannel.TV. Sutter received 76.9 percent of the vote -- only 1.9 percent more than the necessary 75 percent to gain election -- as his name appeared on 400 of the 520 ballots, 12 of which were returned blank. Voters -- BBWAA members with at least 10 consecutive years of baseball writing experience -- can place the names of up to 10 former players on their ballots. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article...t=.jsp&c_id=mlb
January 10, 200620 yr QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 10, 2006 -> 02:20 PM) Darryl Strawberry and Doc Gooden are snuffed again.. NO love for them? Its only snuffed if you are deserving in the first place, which they aren't.
January 10, 200620 yr QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 10, 2006 -> 01:20 PM) Darryl Strawberry and Doc Gooden are snuffed again.. NO love for them? cocaine's a helluva drug......
January 10, 200620 yr cocaine's a helluva drug...... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> at least someone caught this..
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