Talk:2013 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

"Strong candidates"
The strength of one candidate over another aside, if candidates are going to be listed, they should appear alphabetically. Anyone else have thoughts? Zepppep (talk) 19:57, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Zepppep (talk) 19:18, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Matsui and Others
I'm sorry, but Hideki Matsui [4 votes], Jason Varitek [2 votes] and Tim Wakefield [1 vote] are NOT "potentially strong candidates;" I don't think Jorge Posada [3.8%] is, either, but I'm at least being generous with him. But a .282 hitter with 1253 MLB hits; a catcher with 1307 MLB hits who is not considered the Ozzie Smith of catchers; and a guy with 200 wins and a 4.41 ERA a nowhere near the list of guys like Ken Griffey, Chipper Jones, Omar Vizquel, etc. Either we just put the guys who really do have a perceived chance of getting a lot of votes, or we put "everybody" eligible those years. And the latter would be a lot of text. So, unless someone can convince me otherwise, I will be deleting those three (at least!) and will continue to do so if they again return. Sorry if I'm being a jerk about this. Masternachos (talk) 03:30, 10 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Upcoming BBWAA elections. Why does this article include any coverage of upcoming elections such as enumeration of players who will soon be eligible?
 * There is some such coverage implicit in the text preceding the table, and in the table, regarding renomination of some current candidates but not others. There may be some such coverage implicit in discussion of PED and the current election.
 * Players who will soon be eligible should be listed, and perhaps discussed, only in another article such as Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2014. Perhaps that article should include --during this year only-- a section that anticipates future elections, which will be revised and moved to the 2015 article during January 2014.
 * --P64 (talk) 02:41, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Daggers and asterisks
There are daggers and asterisks on the list but no corresponding legend to tell us what they mean. I have no idea what they are supposed to represent. 72.208.244.93 (talk) 08:31, 10 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Fixed. 38.123.15.194 (talk) 17:17, 10 January 2013 (UTC)


 * See Template talk: BBWAA balloting key.
 * Display key beside table. I suggest we display the Key beside the table rather than above it. I have revised the current year only (this article) to show that layout, which I will not replicate elsewhere pending discussion.
 * I suggest we explain daggers and asterisks in the Key rather than in the text. The text should simply reference them in parentheses --(*) or (&dagger;)-- where appropriate. I have revised the template both to shorten the text and to cover the * and &dagger.
 * Please discuss at Template talk: BBWAA balloting key.
 * --P64 (talk) 17:27, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

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