My biggest beef here is the fact that Bernie Williams only received 55 votes (9.6%). This guy did everything on a Yankee team that won four World Series titles during his 16-year career. .297 career average, 287 home runs, 1257 runs batted in (five times over 100 in a season, which is one more time than Mickey Mantle did it, by the way), five All Star selections, four Gold Gloves in center field. Then, take his post season stats into perspective. He's first all-time in RBI's, then he's second all-time in hits, homers, doubles, runs scored, total bases, trailing Hall of Fame lock Derek Jeter in most of those categories, and Manny Ramirez, who would also be a Hall of Fame lock if not for that tiny little steroid issue he had, in the homer department.
So baseball writers? Why? Isn't the post season something that separates the legends from the regular season greats? Isn't this why the votes seem to rise every year for Jack Morris? Morris rose to 66.7% in the voting this year, and will probably have the door to the Hall open for him next year. Everyone remembers his post season efforts. Anchoring the Tigers pitching staff to the title in 1984 with two complete game victories in the World Series, and the 10-inning shutout he threw in 1991 against the Braves in Game 7 to win it for the Twins. Those post seasons overshadow the fact that his career regular season ERA was 3.90 and that he didn't break the magical 300 win plateau. Morris was a work horse. He won 254 games and he probably gets my vote as well, but only 55 votes being cast for Bernie is shameful. The guy was a class act and probably just as big a leader as Jeter was on those Yankee championship teams.
Explain to me how you don't vote this guy for the Hall. Please.
