Shave those sideburns Mattingly

Its that time of year again...you know, that time where baseball fans rip on baseball writers for being completely retarded. Yes, it's hall-of-fame voting season, and this year wasn't short on ineptitude.

Ok, so Andre Dawson gets in, great. I'm 25 and really don't remember watching him play, but oh well. Apparently he played so long ago that there was TWO baseball teams in Canadia (yes, the misspell is intentional, grammar police).

Clearly, writers are still offended by Roberto Alomar's liberal use of saliva, as vengeance on behalf of John Hirshbeck is too important to put one of the best second baseman to ever play in the hall on the first try. Alomar got 73.7% of the required 75%. (A measly eight votes short). Regardless of the fact that Alomar and Hirshbeck made up and have pajama parties.

Another measuring stick is how first-timer Edgar Martinez would be received by writers, as he is the first legit hall-of-fame bound DH to be on the ballot since the position was created. Martinez received a modest 36.2%, but that percentage is bound to go up as time goes on.

Writers once again gave the cold shoulder to Mark McGwire on his fourth attempt, as he garnered less than 25%. Clearly I'm not a Cards fan, but this year's spring training should be phenomenal as McGwire tries to make buddy-buddy with all the writers so he might have a chance in 10 years.

One the Yankee front, Donnie Baseball is still struggling. In his tenth attempt he got 16.1%. With five years left to go, Donnie better shave those sideburns as he has some serious ground to make up. He might get the Jim Rice treatment, he may not, it's hard to tell and damn near impossible to predict.

Tim Raines had a respectable outing, getting just over 30%.

Baseball fans love to argue and god damn, there is more drama around players elected to the baseball HOF than any other major sport. I must have watched ESPN for 20 minutes today and 17 of it was spent talking about the voting. I heard there was some big college football game going on tomorrow, but I could be wrong.