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Yes. And Hal F. Fayme. (Yeesh.)

2007-01-10T02:23:00.000-05:00

Yes. And Hal F. Fayme.

(Yeesh.)

People voting for Andre "The Hawk" Dawson would fa...

2007-01-10T02:12:00.000-05:00

People voting for Andre "The Hawk" Dawson would fall into that category as well.

I would also like to posit a crazy "name" theory t...

2007-01-09T15:59:00.000-05:00

I would also like to posit a crazy "name" theory that goes like this:

People like the way the name Jim "Ed" Rice sounds, but do not like the name Bert Blyleven because it sounds nerdy and confusing.

Their Hall of Fame cases are being helped and hurt, respectively, because of this.

Let me put it to you this way: which person do you think would be more likely to be elected president of the United States, based solely on their names?

James Edward Rice
or
Rik Aalbert "Bert" Blyleven

I know, voting for president isn't the same as voting for the Hall of Fame, but as with any type of vote where popularity and beauty pageant subjectiveness start coming in to play -- and think of the sheer number of people voting here -- I think there is at least a subconscious element of "that guy sounds like he does / does not belong in the Hall of Fame based only on his name" which might -- MIGHT -- affect the way one votes. Or maybe the way one talks about a player, which in turn affects the way others view the same player.

I believe this with about 70% of my heart.

I had the same reaction to this news. I did not w...

2007-01-09T13:13:00.000-05:00

I had the same reaction to this news. I did not write about it because I felt that Ladewski was simply doing it to get attention, and I did not want to give him attention. Then I read this post and thought, darn it, I wish I had ripped Ladewski on our blog that we invented in order to rip people.

The end.

Thanks to KL (and others, later) for the tip.

2007-01-09T03:58:00.000-05:00

Thanks to KL (and others, later) for the tip.