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It is an annual tradition for Coot to write about the errors and omissions of the Baseball Writers Association of America, and this year is no exception. I’m already on record as approving their selection of this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame honorees, Andruw Jones and Carlos Beltran, but as always, there are some voters whose ballots make no sense at all. Of course they vote behind the curtain of anonymity, and many voters don’t choose to make their votes or their reasoning p

This is February 1st, the one year anniversary of the most surprising (and worst) trade in the history of Texas sports. Luka for “Street Clothes” Davis. A generational talent who may well be the league MVP this year for a part time player who spends most of his time on the injured list. Enough has been said and written about this, but I was thinking this morning about what an unbelievable surprise it was. It was so stunning that the first reaction was disbelief. Later in th

Might not get a chance to use that title too often, so I better seize the opportunity while it’s there! We won’t mention the predictions that I have missed (Rangers to win division in 2025, etc..) but I will follow up on the HOF elections. As expected, Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones were elected to Cooperstown. You will recall that I listed my ballot preferences, which included 5 others (pitchers Pettitte, Hernandez and Buerhle along with Bobby Abreu and David Wright) in add