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Today we shall speak of athletic halls of fame. Namely, baseball’s and pro football’s.
Forget basketball. If the other two often make no sense, basketball’s is a combination read of Joyce and Faulkner. There are Mensa saints who couldn’t say how it operates.
Besides, any hall that doesn’t include Steve Fisher isn’t worth mentioning (at least here, it isn’t).
The others are fairly immediate.
Baseball’s hall will announce its 2021 inductees Thursday (maybe they’ll have something to announce; I’ll get to it in a minute). Football’s will come Feb. 6, the day before the Super Bowl.
What happens in Cooperstown will be interesting. Football players must be inducted into Canton’s hall. Baseball has no such rules, and this could be one of those years when the door is closed.
It should be closed.
Normally, I don’t reveal my baseball votes, but I will this time, because there were no votes. My ballot went back empty.
I’ve made it clear I’m never voting for juicers — perceived or proven. There’s a chance someone will get the 75 percent of the vote required for entry, maybe not.
I’m a hard ass regarding baseball’s hall. If I don’t vote for a player the first time he’s eligible, I don’t vote for him ever. I see no one in my legitimacy range as ballot-worthy.
I’m not going for anyone I think doesn’t belong just to vote for somebody.
If you don’t agree — and I know many voters disagree with me — fine. It’s my ballot. You have to be a dominant non-juicing stud to get my vote.
As for the Pro Football Hall, there are a few slam dunks in this class, but I’ve received many messages about Tom Flores vs. Don Coryell in the coaching category.
The problem was when Hall President David Baker made a splash last year putting in Jimmy Johnson, whom I could see, and Bill Cowher, whom I could not. Coryell had been a finalist several times and was passed over. Flores had been a finalist once.
But Flores, like Johnson, did win two Super Bowls. He belongs. At least they have a separate coach category now, so Don still has a chance.
Among the banes of my existence, halls of fame are up there with The Shift, traveling and carrying the ball over, punt returners and invertebrate/clock management-impaired football coaches. ...
I’ve known Ted Leitner since he got off the plane from Philly, and unless there’s something we don’t know, the man who lives to call games left the Padres’ job kicking and screaming. No matter. My best, Ted. ...
Brian Daboll can coach. Can he head coach the Judases? Never know until he tries. ...
Eagles boss Jeffrey Lurie says Doug Pederson “didn’t deserve to be let go.” After he let him go. ...
Pederson is said to be an honest guy. No wonder he’s looking for work. …
So many coaches with Anthony Lynn Syndrome, punting the ball away in close games to teams with dynamic offenses. Football euthanasia. …
The NFL combine may not happen, or be split up, so Trevor Lawrence may not broad jump and go in the second round. ...
Will players have to run their official 3.9 40s at pro days for venerable scouts with analog stopwatches? ...
Football coaches are far too challenge challenged. …
NFL Humor: Jags owner/football genius Shad Khan said he was keeping roster control. A week later, he hired Urban Meyer because he was joking about control all along. …
Fredo Spanos never would have given total control to Meyer (or paid him). He wasn’t demoting son John, going home and explaining it to Susie. ...
On Rick “Goose” Gosselin’s annual ranking of NFL special teams, the Judases of course finished 32nd — barely ahead of Minnesota, which must have really stunk. …
The winner? New England, which has 14 top 10 “teams” finishes, five No. 1s, under Belichick. It’s how you win the game of real estate. …
Alabama’s accomplishment was tremendous. But this was not the best Tide team. Defense allowed Mississippi 48, Florida 46. …
Nick Saban is too smart to do anything that stupid — allowing limping receiver Jaylen Waddle (who may have a big future) to play. ...
DeVonta Smith is 6-1, 174 pounds. Great, great college player. So there’s a gamble. Can he carry more weight? GMs aren’t big on drafting slight wideouts early. Look it up. …
Stink O’ The Week Sezment: The Surrender Index. I surrender. What a load of analytic crap. …
Too bad NBA isn’t on Nickelodeon, perfect venue for pretending to play basketball. ...
Just think of baseball on Nick, with the broadcasters explaining WAR and WHIP and all the other analytic garbage to kids. …
Hearing MLB may do something about The Shift, like get rid of it. Pray. Light a candle. Say a Novena …
Bad 2021 combination for Aztecs men. Not playing well at all and now missing their best player. I’ll wait, hopefully, until March. ...
James Harden leaving Houston for Brooklyn is a boon for Spalding, in the last year of its deal with the NBA. It will get to supply 10,000 additional basketballs for Nets games. ...
Harden looks like a guy who has taken too many traveling step-backs to second helpings. …
Rockets coach Stephen Silas’ dad, Paul, would have kicked Harden’s ass to Texarkana. But Stephen handled it well. …
Kyrie Irving is that great friend who always says he’s going to pick you up, never shows, and yet you keep the trust. ...
Jan. 12, 1959. Berry Gordy Jr. founds Motown Records. Now that was a great day. …
Aaron Rodgers will guest-host “Jeopardy!” “I’ll take ‘NFL Teams That Screwed Up Drafting A Quarterback In The First Round, Aaron.’” …
If Deshaun Watson wants control, he’d better try the NBA. The NFL isn’t giving run of the ship to boatswain’s mates who blow the loudest whistles. …
Dick Vermeil, on how the Texans handle Watson: “They change his diapers.” …
Guessing that, if Kentucky were unbeaten, fans would get over John Calipari genuflecting with his players. ...
Thanks, COVID. The Pebble Beach AT&T Pro-Am is now the AT&T Pro-Am Not. ...
New Jersey had a $6 billion sports gambling handle in 2020 ($996.3 million in December alone). California? So stupid. Just keep raising taxes and losing big businesses. …
The Astros, Rockets and Texans. Maybe it’s not always a good thing to be a major league city. …
Know what went away for four years and will return this week? Global warming. And science. …
The first person I remember getting COVID was Tom Hanks. He’s 90 now. ...
Charles Barkley says that, because athletes pay so much in taxes, they should be first in line for the vaccine. What a remarkably idiotic thing for a smart guy to say. And what line? ...
Maybe if we want vaccine, Amazon should deliver it. 2020’s ignorance and incompetence hasn’t stopped yet. Operation Warp Three-Toed Sloth. We stink.
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