Roberto Alomar picks his confidence in this year’s Hall of Fame induction
Roberto Alomar has been one of the top ball players in Major League Baseball’s history. His father, Sandy Alomar Sr. was a formidable player in the game, himself. The family that comes from the Salinas, Puerto Rico has had the
chance to enter the Hall of Fame through Roberto. That means Alomar can become the first native to be crowned with the award since Roberto Clemente made it to the honours in 1973, following a special vote that came after his tragic death in a plane crash.
Roberto Alomar entered the ballot last year and cropped up numbers equalling 73.70%. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America is the eligible party involved in the voting process and it seemed unbelievable that Alomar fell
short in gaining the hot seat back in 2010. 75% votes are required to progress to the Hall of Fame class, every year. Nevertheless, on January 5th, Roberto can hop to make it this time around given his numbers, last year. To highlight last year’s
result, Alomar had expressed his disappointment.
"What can you do, it's out of my hands now?" Alomar said. "I (was) disappointed, but I feel good. Sometimes the writers have reasons not to vote for you. So you just have to deal with the situation. I had a lot of votes."
Alomar has the right chances to make it to the Hall of Fame this time around, but there were two plausible reasons why he was not able to get through it last year by a successful margin. During the player’s first year stint with
the Baltimore Orioles, Roberto made the mistake of spitting on umpire John Hirschbeck. The possibility could be noteworthy, but Roberto’s brother, Sandy Jr., who was a ball player himself, thinks otherwise.
"What else can it be?" Sandy Jr. said. "I can't believe it, because everyone thought he was going to be in. These days you can't drop the ball in any shape or form. If the writers are going to make an example out of Robbie, they
better do it for everybody else. That was weak. The spitting incident was ugly, but it was just a moment in the career of a guy who never did anything before or after. It's not like he's a guy who's been in and out of jail every week."
One other reason that the writers would point out was that Alomar could not live up to his second baseman potential when he played for the New York Mets in 2002 and 2003. He batted with a .265 average and carried an on base percentage
of .333.
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