Joe DiMaggio - Will Cal Ripken Jr make it to the baseball hall of fame this year?

Will Cal Ripken Jr make it to the baseball hall of fame this year?

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yes
He and gwynn will Prolly be the only ones who make it.
YES!! And probably w/ the highest 1st ballot count ever. Tony Gwynn will be in as well.
what did he do to deserve HOF consideration?
Without a doubt. So will Tony Gwynn. Jim Rice belongs in the Hall, but won't make it again. And any writer who votes for Mark McGwire or Jose Canseco should turn in their press pass.
He'll make it in this year.
Of course. Not only did he break Gehrig's record, but he did it with style and substance.....tons of HRs, great defense, really the first prototypical "big bat" shortstop, much like A-Rod and Jeter to follow. Before Ripken, teams were just happy to have a solid glove at SS (heck, the O's got by for years with Mark Belanger just for his leather), but after Ripken things changed. Now a SS is expected to contribute offensively as well (see: Jeter and Miguel Tejada). IMHO, of course. Gwynn, Rice and Lee Smith should all be in the Hall. Gossage maybe, too.
Will the ball drop in Times Square on New Year's?? Rip's nomination is a given, not so much for his record number of consecutive games, but the WAY he played each and every game...with skill, intelligence, and (above all) grace. The irony is that the writers will have two prime examples of ying and yang on the ballots this year...Ripken and Gwynn vs. McGwire and Canseco. Two men who showed us how this game SHOULD be played vs. two men who showed us how this game could be "played." Ripkin was a first ballot HOF lock even before his final season. The way he carried himself during the swan song made him legendary. He may well end up as one of the highest vote-getters in the past few decades, if not in the history of the HOF balloting.
Yes he will.
yes unanimous selection
without a doubt
no problem for Cal
absolutely!
Probably - he has the numbers, and that consecutive game streak doesn't hurt. Tony Gwynn will also go in. Not too sure about anyone else - Mark McGwire maybe, but there is that steroid possibility hanging over his head.
yes he will be in the HOF..when the voting results are released..he and Tony Gywnn are sure to get at least 95% of the votes EACH..both are class acts and players as for the rest on this years ballot to be inducted next Aug or late July is questionable
THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING HIM SO I'D SAY YES ALONG WITH A FEW MORE "OLD TIMERS" BUT THEY STILL CAN PLAY DON'T GET ME WRONG
Yes i think he will. He was a fantastic player and played well for a long enough period of time. Sometimes people don't recognize that he has hof stats even without his consecutive games streak. Great player first ballot.
Ripken and Gwynn go on the first ballot. Mark McGwyre probably would have gone as well this year, but when he took the fifth before Congress a couple of years ago he sounded more like an organized crime figure than a respectable ballplayer.
Without a doubt...first ballot Hall of Famer along with Tony Gwynn...
Cal Ripken is the first player who I feel truly deserves to be recieve 100% of the vote. He is most definately going to the Hall Of Fame in the first ballot.
HE AND GWYNN