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My annual hoping for Bert Blyleven comes to its yearly zenith tomorrow. Maybe this time will be different. I don’t know why I even care. It’s not like I was a particular fan of his back in the day. Maybe it’s just the fundamental unfairness of his omission due to the varagies of only having 287 wins instead of 300 that grates. And that difference meaning that the far less good Don Sutton is in while Blyleven still waits.

At any rate, Joe Posnanski with a great read in si.com on eight he thinks should be in eventually and those that do not make the the cut. I have never been on the Dale Murphy should be in train, but Posnanski makes a decent case for him. And bonus points to Pos for making a push for Alan Trammell.

Barry Larkin is on the ballot for the first time this year, and I am hoping he gets enough of a vote to make his eventual inclusion apparent. His greatness flew below the radar of too many fans, hopefully the voters will come to appreciate how good he was as the years pass and his resume gets examined more closely.

For the love of all that is holy, Curt Schilling is NOT a hall of famer. STOP trying to sell everyone that he is. Jeebus. It has crossed over to unseemly. Setting aside that Bert Blyleven, a far more worthy candidate, still is not in, look me up when your network bangs a similar drum for the comparable David Cone (bounced from consideration after only garnering 4% on his first ballot) or Jack Morris (equally as strong post-season heroics stuff).

Until that point? STFU.