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Originally Posted by Matt from TN
I am still quite peeved that Ahrend Nagel got 100% when IMO all other HOF pitchers (Lopresto, Gindler, Tan, Albertini and Castellon), as well as a few of the guys still on the ballot, were better than him. And the only other player to receive 100% was Murphy, who deserved it. Heck, Will friggin' Miller was inducted the same year as Nagel & had 4000 hits, over 2000 R and 900 SB and got just 88.89% !!
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I admitted that Miller was a complete brainfart on my part. He should have gotten 100%, but I honestly thought I had voted for him. Regardless, that shouldn't take away from The Prof. There are intangibles....like
CHARISMA 
It looks bad that Nagel is actually my ancestor, but Miller wasn't a conscious omission. The 100% issue may depend on the competition on the ballot. I always vote for 10 (and, as seen this year 11
), but some people regularly vote for only 3 or 4. When the competition is higher, more desrving people get left out. Take a look at some of the actual HOFer's. There are a bunch whose stats don't come close to the players we've voted in, and probably wouldn't be voted in according to modern standards. To name a few:
Herb Pennock (3.60 ERA),
Rabbit Maranville (.258 Career BA!),
Ted Lyons (3.67 ERA, 230 Losses)....They all got in before a number of more desrving players who had to wait for the Veteran's Committee.
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Originally Posted by jdw
Mets - you voted for 11. And yeah, I point that out at risk of you dropping off Burke.
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Damn, I'm completely screwing this voting thing up, aren't I? I'll drop Graves from this ballot.