This man, who covers the Olympics - yes, you read that right - is a voting member of the BBWAA, and will pass judgment on the Hall of Fame.
It started with this:
Oh, the joy I will have snubbing Sosa, Bonds and Clemens (plus McGwire and Palmeiro, natch) on my HoF ballot.
Presumably asked why the hell he would take such a gleeful stance when, after all, he was tweeting about Lindsey Vonn's stomach illness six minutes earlier, he replied:
I have a ballot because I covered baseball for nearly 20 years. And I'm keeping it just to vote against the druggies.
He'll vote for Biggio, but not Bagwell. Why? Because screw you, that's why:
Haven't voted for Bagwell. Am likely to say no again.
Hooray, BBWAA. You can kindly go to hell.
(For other, more erudite posts on Olympic Reporter/Hall of Fame Voter Philip Hersh you can read this and this.)
Oh hey. Hersh may change his mind...
To tell the truth, I am conflicted on Bagwell and may change my mind, as I have done in the past with other players when PEDs weren't in ?
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
