NY Boston Fan

The inductees should be announced today, that reminds me I should be listening to Dan Patrick to hear idiotic statements on the whole thing, as well as interviews with today's winners (Boggs and ?) and losers (Blyleven and ?).

In the meantime someone needs to explain the rules to Bill Simmons, so he stops asking how people got on the ballot. Specifically, this is who is eligible:

Former Major Leaguers who have been active some time during a period of 20 years before and ending five years prior to election and have played in a minimum of 10 seasons.

We seem to disagree on Bert Blyleven, Tommy John, and Darryl Strawberry (the latter is definitely a joke, and I'm not sure if he's joking about John). But his column is worth a read, and it's worth rereading his Pyramid idea as well, as it is genius, and probably something I'll explore further at some point.