[MediaMole]

2006: Dwight Gooden, Orel Hershiser

2007: Tony Gwynn, Mark McGwire, Cal Ripken, Jr.

2008: No first ballot HOF

2009: Rickey Henderson (Unless he finds a Major league spot this year.)

2010: No first ballot HOF (Edgar was a DH. He'll get snubbed.)

[LanPB01]

Dwight Gooden? Maybe we should make room for Jose Canseco, while we're at it!

[wireman]

Hershiser and Gooden?

No way! 200 wins don't get it on the first ballot.

[LdSentinal]

No way Gooden or Hershiser gets into the HOF. They're no way near 300 wins and neither has more than 3,000 K's.

[Our man in washington]

I'd put Tim Raines in on first ballot. Seven time all-star. Excellent on-base percentage. Over 800 stolen bases, and only 146 times caught. In terms of success rate, Raines was better at base stealing that Ricky Henderson or Lou Brock.

[Alberta's Child]

Interesting comment about Edgar Martinez. I wonder how good a DH will have to be in order to get elected to the Hall of Fame. I would make the case that if Martinez belongs in the HOF, then so does Harold Baines.