01-27-2021, 03:20 PM
Aramis Ramirez, LaTroy Hawkins, Barry Zito, A.J. Burnett, Michael Cuddyer, Dan Haren, Nick Swisher, and Shane Victorino each received less than 5%, so they will not be on future ballots for the HOF. Of the first-year crew, I am most surprised that Zito didn't make it onto next year's ballot, although I know that he nose-dived with the Giants. At least he has his music career to fall back on.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)