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I turn Negro Leagues, NPB, KBO, etc data into major league equivalencies (MLEs) to answer baseball What Ifs. Read/download at horsehidedragnet.Wordpress.com. And I love cats. And Mexican food.

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Donโ€™t think you r wrong! If he were eligible this year instead of 2028, heโ€™d prolly be a first-ballot guy. More a question of how quickly the BBWAA can clear out the top of the returnees and create space where it has fewer electoral priorities.

07.01.2026 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m wondering whether Yadi will make it in year 1.
If Posey, Utley and Felix are still in 2028 ballot, he wonโ€™t. In 2029 he wonโ€™t due to Miggy, Votto, Grienke. I think 2030.

07.01.2026 00:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ya butโ€ฆThereโ€™s like 17,000 CFs in the Hall. Third base is a weird tweener position, and careers have a shorter trajectory than in CF (where guys go to the corners all the time). Having Kirbyโ€™s career at 3B is more impressive than in CF. IMO.
#baseballhallofmerit
#baseballhall

06.01.2026 23:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Even better odds for players at certain PA or IP threshold. The more u get the more likely u get a plaque. Then again, the better u r at baseball, the more playing time u get, natch.

06.01.2026 23:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey @spudsfan.bsky.social! This is Dr Chaleeko of the HOM.
1) Want to be on the new HOM email list? Infrequent emails for results, new yearโ€™s thread, opening of balloting
2) Current voting deadline is Jan 8.

DM me for deets on the email list.

#HallofMerit

03.01.2026 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Long time since last post. Still working on #NegroLeagues MLEs. Stumped by NPB MLEs. Voting for #HallOfMerit. Biting nails for #baseballhof election. Reading about Tsar Nicholas IIโ€™s abdication.

One of this things is not like the others.

31.12.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HOF is done. Next important matter. I think I should root for Los Sultanes de Monterrey in La Liga de Bรฉisbol Professional Mexicana. Lรกzaro Salazar player-led them to titles. Espino played there. Est Mobil Super has amazing view of Cerrรณ de la Silla. Y they arenโ€™t Los Diablos Rojosโ€ฆthe NYY of LMB.

22.01.2025 03:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had to double check the Tracker to be sure it wasnโ€™t Shaughnessey doing his click-bait best/worst. It wasnโ€™t, and we can all rest easier.

22.01.2025 00:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kinda amazing how Beltran has gained steam as more ballots have revealed. At first he didnโ€™t seem to get a lot of bumps, but itโ€™s turned into a full stampede. Fingers crossed for him at 6:00 PM.

21.01.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
The Segregation Adjustment Done Right Imagine me as a baseball home cook. I make stuff that tastes yummy, but not restaurant yummy. And it takes me a while because Iโ€™m not trained to chop ingredients in mere seconds. Oh, and sometimes โ€ฆ

While you await the HOF results, cast an eye back in baseball time with an update segregation-effect research.

TL;DR? Comprehensive study supports and deepens original findings.

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21.01.2025 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Letโ€™s seeโ€ฆ

Edmonds: Yes
Bernie: Maybe
Nathan: Not close
Pap: No
Damon: No
Berkman: Prolly
T Hudson: Yes
Oswalt: Prolly
Salmon: Not close
John and Julio: Neither is close
Mattingly: Not close
L Gonzalez: Prolly
Nomar: No

Yankee fans can now commence screes re [name] is Yes but Don M isnโ€™t close???

19.01.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So they r Kosher? Or at least not mystery meat?

18.01.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Almost as bad as the breakup of the Jefferson Starship.

17.01.2025 01:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As Dirty Harry put it, โ€œA manโ€™s gotta know his limitations.โ€

15.01.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is me in Mexican restaurants. Started taking Spanish 2.5 years ago, and I know deep inside that every time I do this, Iโ€™ve misconjugated something, and Iโ€™ve told the staffer that Iโ€™d like to order the chefโ€™s hat on a plate of horse hairs with a side of catโ€™s blood salsa.

14.01.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have one word for this bit of Sasaki news, and itโ€™s hyphenated: Woooooooo-Hoooooo!

13.01.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Couple that might make 3K or more:
G Scales (lotsa PRWL)
Dihigo
Moises Camacho
Espino (2383 summer H on Ref+1824 LMP)
J Sommers (1614 on Ref+1073 LMP)
Teolindo Acosta (2700 MiL H)
Jethroe
Matias Carillo
Willie Wells
Dandridge
Jack Pierce?

13.01.2025 01:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What! No estados de Mexico y Panama?

08.01.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hear โ€œsuperutility player,โ€ and I think Tony Phillips and Ben Zonrist were magical beasts who once roamed the Earth giving the platoon advantage to their team every night of the year.

07.01.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Horsehide Dragnet An Objective Manhunt for Baseball's Greatest Players

Sasaki is in the Asian MLE spreadsheet on my site, horsehidedragnet.wordpress.com. I think Kim is too

05.01.2025 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s Hall of Famer, Sherry Robertson. Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer, Sherry Robertson.

02.01.2025 03:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love this!!!

02.01.2025 03:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Geography League More fun stuff with MLEs! Today we add to the hijinks and madcap hilarity of the Birthday and Surname leagues with one based on geography. By geography, I mean place of birth. Iโ€™m aware that โ€ฆ

The latest installment of fun, The Geography League: The Geography League
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30.12.2024 15:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

El Gamo Dominicano=The Dominican Fallow Deer.

[googles around a few minutes]

B/c, of course, the fallow deer is the common Eurasian deer species, as we all knowโ€ฆ. ;)

30.12.2024 02:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I prefer Wright to Donaldson as a Hall case. Weight is juuuust above my line, and Donaldson is below.

30.12.2024 02:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey, Adam, in your researches did u ever come across the meaning of Tetelo? I popped it into Google translate and gotโ€ฆTetelo.

Vargas was known as Deerfoot too, I think, and the Spanish for that would be (roughly) Pie del Venado.

29.12.2024 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think I need the 7-day trial. @adarowski.bsky.social do they have walks for Tรฉtelo?

29.12.2024 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I didnโ€™t take Spanish in school and am studying now at 50. When I learned the pronunciation, I was hooked: Coke-ah-YEEN-ah. It just rolls off the tongue beautifully. Hoping to get a Cuban card of him: Caramelo Deportiva, Acebo, Colecciรณnes Victoria, Almanaque Deportivo, whichever set he is in.

29.12.2024 03:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Alsoโ€ฆ
CL: 1470 G CF; 458 corner OF
DM: 1041 CF; 850 corner OF (also 209 1B; 85 C and not a good C)

28.12.2024 04:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amazing to remember that Randolph and Armas were PIT products. They sure coulda used them when they sagged into irrelevance after 1979.

27.12.2024 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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