Martinez, Johnson, Smoltz & Biggio elected into Baseball HOF

[RockaFowler]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12128504/pedro-martinez-randy-johnson-craig-biggio-john-smoltz-voted-hall

[KamaAina]

1. Biggio got it?

The other three were slam dunks (sorry, mixed sport metaphor ). He was kind of on the fence.

[joeybee12]

2. Third time was the charm...

I'd like to know who voted for Johnson but not Martinez...not saying Randy isn't more impressive, he probably was, but Pedro also should have been on everyone's ballot.

[fishwax]

3. Still, he cleared 90% -- that's pretty impressive

Only about 30 have ever received more than 90 percent: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hof/hofmem4.shtml

[joeybee12]

5. You'd think there'd be more...some guys are just so obvious...

But I guess there's a hardcore contingent that believes no player should get in on his first ballot.

[madinmaryland]

6. Well, he did play for the Roid Sox. Guilt by association??

[joeybee12]

7. How about those Refs!

Are they on the roster for this Sunday's game also????

[El Supremo]

8. Guilt?

[fishwax]

9. yeah, it seems odd to me too

Who doesn't vote for Hank Aaron? (People bitter about Ruth's record? Racists?) Willie Mays? Mickey Mantle?

Maybe there's a generational thing, with a few older voters thinking today's stars just don't measure up?

On the first year of voting, Ty Cobb got more votes than Ruth. Always seemed hard to account for, given how the press seemed to love the latter and nobody appeared too fond of the former.

[joeybee12]

10. Sports writing is a very subjective profession...

And sports writers incredibly subjective in their reasoning and often very petty...the year one voter from NY left Pedro off his MVP ballot completely so he wouldn't win..he got the most first place votes, but couldn't overcome that snub...and during her senior year when a NC writer/voter didn't vote for Diana Taurasi for All-American...come on.

[fishwax]

4. Wow, that's a good class