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Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts) Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:30 PM Jan 2019

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Breaking News: Mariano Rivera first unanimous MLB Hall Of Famer.

Selected on all 425 ballots.

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Breaking News: Mariano Rivera first unanimous MLB Hall Of Famer. (Original Post) Elwood P Dowd Jan 2019 OP

Greatest closer of all time (n/t) PJMcK Jan 2019 #1

Not Ryan, not Seaver but Rivera? dem4decades Jan 2019 #2

Seaver was 4 or 5 short underpants Jan 2019 #3

I think a number of writers who felt this way have retired. hughee99 Jan 2019 #5

Well deserved. Congrats to him! n/t Different Drummer Jan 2019 #4

PJMcK

(21,999 posts)

1. Greatest closer of all time (n/t)

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:36 PM

Jan 2019

dem4decades

(11,270 posts)

2. Not Ryan, not Seaver but Rivera?

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:37 PM

Jan 2019

underpants

(182,635 posts)

3. Seaver was 4 or 5 short

Reply to dem4decades (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:53 PM

Jan 2019

I was reading about it on ESPN earlier. It's been a thing for some writers to leave a name off so there is a unanimous vote...until now.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

5. I think a number of writers who felt this way have retired.

Reply to underpants (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 03:00 AM

Jan 2019

This seemed to be more of an "old school" thing. Congrats to Rivera. It was well deserved.

Different Drummer

(7,606 posts)

4. Well deserved. Congrats to him! n/t

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 09:14 PM

Jan 2019

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