The Hawk makes the Hall

Andre Dawson was the only player to be elected to Cooperstown in yesterday's voting. The Hawk recieved 77.9% of the votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America, surpassing the neccessary 75%. Although Dawson was before my era, I vaguely remember him on the Red Sox during his final years after leaving his glory years with Expos and Cubs. The one thing I can recall of him was he could absolutely mash the ball he swung out of his shoes every time he took a hack. Anyways, congrats Hawk.

Some other notables who missed the cut:

Bert Blyleven (74.2%) 13th year
Roberto Alomar (73.7%) 1st year
Barry Larkin (51.6%) 1st year
Edgar Martinez (36.2%) 1st year
Mark McGuire (23.7%) 4th year

There are plenty of other notables, it's the Hall of Fame ballot, emphasis on the fame. This list is a of guys eho are more my generation or who are getting robbed for not making it aka the only pitcher with 3,000 strikeouts who is not in Cooperstown.