It’s official: Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn are going to the Hall of Fame this summer—Mark McGwire is not.I can’t say I’m surprised. But if you told anyone a few years that it would have ended up this way, they would have been shocked. McGwire seemed like such a sure thing at one point. How the mighty have fallen.
Ripken earned 537 out of 545 ballots--that's 98.5 percent of the votes (falling just short of the record percentage of 98.84 set by Tom Seaver when he was selected in 1992). Gwynn was just behind with 532 votes, 97.6 percent.
Big Mac got just 128 votes for 23.5 percent. You need 75 percent to get in.
He may still get in some day—just not this year.
Also, Goose Gossage fell just short with 71.2 percent.
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i'm sure to take a lot of shit for this, but what they're doing to big mac sucks. he's one of my heroes. he certainly didn't do himself any favors by not being more forthcoming. but his work on the field speaks for itself. he should go in as soon as possible. he was the dominant player of his era at the peak of his career. they can't keep him out forever. I still don't get why writers determine who gets in. Talk about axes to grind. There needs to be something more impartial set up for this sort of thing.
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