I'll bite, ignore Bonds/Clemens and ask:
1. How do you put McGriff on, but not Walker or Edmonds?
2. How do you put Hoffman on there, but not Billy Wagner?
I think this would also be my list....although I would cheat and add Larry Walker too. It's kinda funny - I wanted to kick Piazza off the list until I realised he actually graded out as a solid defensive catcher (which I never would have guessed - anyone know if he was a good framer???)
How on earth does Mussina not get in? 270 wins, 82.2 WAR pitching through the heart of the steroid era? He was unreal and retired coming off a 20-9, 4.6 WAR season......was there a reason for that? I kinda forget.
Given all the injuries Griffey had later in his career, am I the only one who thinks there's a decent chance JR dipped into the PED use (like so many others) to help speed up the recovery times? I don't necessarily understand how some people can be so firm on their suspicions of one player, but not another (enough to decide to vote for one but not the other).
Well you're obviously a "use of PEDs or suspicions of PED use = no HOF"........my point was these two players both played 15 seasons, both put up about 80 career WAR and were both fantastic baseball players. One gets the most votes of all-time. The other still isn't in the HOF. This concept also isn't that difficult.
It's a beautiful place...perfect really.
GD - very jealous you got to play at Doubleday. Our team talked about it for years, but decided it was going to be too difficult to organize.
^this....I would suspect they are using Griffeys vote to give support to guys like Edgar, Big Mac, Walker, Wagner (who's as good as Hoffman), etc. the stupidity is in the rules set (max 10 picks), not the voter...