Grace Falls Short of HOF Yet Again.

Sad news out of Cooperstown today as former Cub first baseman and "slump-buster" aficionado Mark Grace was denied entry into the Hall of Fame once again. Needing 75% of the vote to be inducted, Mark's 21 votes left him a mere 70.9% away from baseball immortality. Two other former Cubs, Andre Dawson and Lee Smith also fell short this year.

While the results were far from shocking, there was one thing that stood out...

Jay FUCKING Bell received TWO votes.

That's right, TWO "experts" thought that Jay Bell deserved to be in the HALL OF FAME. Not the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame or the Arizona Diamondbacks Hall of Fame or even the "People Born at Eglin Air Force Base" Hall of Fame, I mean the ACTUAL Hall of Fame.

In fact, he received DOUBLE the number of votes as Jesse Orosco! So according to my math, they think he is twice as good as Jesse Orosco! For shame!

And people wonder why no one cares about the HOF anymore.

In case you aren't a fan of Mr. Bell (and I don't know why you would be), here are his career stats according to his Wiki page:

In his career, Bell batted for .265, with 195 home runs, 868 runs batted in, 1123 runs scored, 394 doubles, 67 triples and 91 stolen bases. He also won the Gold Glove award in 1993 and was selected to the All-Star game the same year and in 1999.

Those stats got him not one but TWO votes, proving once and for all that baseball writers are morons.

The defense rests, your honor.

Go Cubs.