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July 27, 2015
Your 2015 MLB Hall of Fame Class: Craig Biggio, Tom Smoltz (who did not go in as a Detroit Tiger), Randy Johnson (who went in as an Arizona Diamondback), and Pedro Martinez.
Justin McGuire of The Sporting News live blogged the event on Sunday.
That aside, I should point out that it's a hell of an induction class. Johnson and Martinez are top 20 historical pitchers (top 15? top 10? top 5?), while Biggio was a nice career accumulator while playing multiple (difficult) positions, and Smoltz was a great pitcher who had an odd career usage pattern and some amazing teammates.
posted by grum@work at 11:51 AM on July 27, 2015
LOL. Oops. Don't know where the Tom came from. Administrators! Please hope me!
posted by NoMich at 12:57 PM on July 27, 2015
Don't hope him. Let him sofa.
posted by beaverboard at 01:31 PM on July 27, 2015
Oh boy, terrible realization time: I think I went with Tom Smoltz because I heard a damn Boston song not too long before making this post.
posted by NoMich at 01:32 PM on July 27, 2015
I was wondering who dafuq TOM Smoltz was...
posted by ursus_comiter at 02:13 PM on July 27, 2015
This is cutting into Greg Biggio's moment in the spotlight.
posted by beaverboard at 02:40 PM on July 27, 2015
I wonder if Craig Maddox and Ron Glavine were on hand when Schmaltz was enshrined.
posted by holden at 02:52 PM on July 27, 2015
Oh my god, keep Maddux's name out of this lighthearted thread!!!! Oh man oh man oh man oh man
posted by NoMich at 03:01 PM on July 27, 2015
Someone's got a rental Lexus trunk with your name on it NoMich.
posted by ursus_comiter at 03:13 PM on July 27, 2015
NoMich will be OK. Maddux will be looking for him in the Upper Peninsula, not knowing that he's actually in North Caro...oh shit, stop, what am I doing?
posted by beaverboard at 09:16 PM on July 27, 2015
TOM?!