Vote For The Hall Of Hate 2005 Inductees!

I was going to do this during the off season, but since I will be away from, basically right now until August 19th (late, August 19th), I figured this would be the perfect time to get you...the Metstradamus faithful, a shot to vote in new members to the Metstradamus Hall of Hate. Now, for those of you who don't know what that is, look here...it is the hall of fame version of my daily hate list in the sidebar. You have given me many ideas on who should be included, so while I am away, I'm giving you the chance to vote some new blood in, just as the writers vote for the Hall of Fame.

Here's the way it's going to work...the poll is on the right, in the sidebar as always. There are 17 choices. You can vote for as many or as few as you feel deserving at once, but I've set the poll so that you may only vote once (at least once per computer, but do you really want to switch computers just to do this?), so make it count. The players with the top 5 vote totals will be inducted (changed from the earlier 75% rule, due to a discrepancy in the way pollhost.com tabulates the votes). Voting will end at 3PM ET on Saturday, August 20th. The 2005 winners will be announced and inducted at a later date.

Let me reiterate: You may vote for more than one player on the list at once! You can check all the boxes at once if you feel all the players on the list deserve to be inducted!

Oh yeah, I've given you a ballot of 17 choices, but you may also write in someone who I haven't put in by typing his name in the comment box at the bottom of this blog entry. But write-in's work the same way...they must be in the top 5 of the total votes to get in. That being said, write-ins will be allowed at my discretion. If I feel that the same lunatic with a grudge wrote in the same player himself 300 times, I do hold the discretion to disallow the write-in. In other words, play fair...there are better things to do on the internet than write in the same name 300 times. Don't be lame. And by the way, Richard Hurtz, Michael Hunt, Philip McCracken, Joseph Mama, and Baba Booey are ineligible. Don't even try.

Here now your choices:

Pete Rose: Picked a fight with a man half his size because his team was getting it's Big Red Tails kicked in during the 1973 NLCS.

Eddie Murray: The first baseman of the worst team money could buy, the 1993 Mets. Is it really a compliment when you're the leader of misfits?

Mo Vaughn: Came in a pre-2002 trade with the Angels to play first base. Unfortunately many times, he also ate first base. Hit some monster home runs, but made just as many errors, and moved with the grace of a water buffalo.

Derek Jeter: Shortstop of the four time World Champion New York Yankees. Media treats him like the man who cured cancer, although he had plenty of help on those Yankee teams, that have won zero titles since Paul O'Neill left.

Tony Fernandez: Was successful at every major league stop he made, except Shea Stadium, where he had maybe three hits in half a season, and blamed gallstones.

Joe Randa: A late add, has killed the Mets with two different teams in 2005. Was a Met for six days in December of 1998, and he looks like Cesar Romero.

Richie Hebner: Wanted no part of the Mets, and played like it at third base. If I'm correct, he set the standard for giving baseball fans the finger.

Gene Walter: In the Kevin McReynolds trade, this left handed specialist was the deal breaker. Did nothing as a Met...nothing!

Anthony Young: Lost 2,587 games in a row in 1993.

Kenny Rogers: Ball four.

Doug Sisk: Was on his way to a decent career until he misplaced the strike zone sometime in 1985. Was nicknamed Doug Risk. Allegedly had his tires slashed and found used prophelactics in his car.

Alejandro Pena: A large contributor to the 1988 Dodgers, who broke the Mets hearts in the NLCS after going 1-11 against the Mets during the regular season. Then joins the Mets and becomes as useful as an umbrella in a hurricane.

Joe Torre: From "Clueless Joe" as a Met, to a hall of famer (and Roger Clemens apologist) as a Yankee.

Jeff Torborg: Managed the 1993 Mets, who exposed him as a managing fraud. (Also managed the 2003 World Champion Marlins, but only during the beginning of that season when they stunk.)

M. Donald Grant: Traded Tom Seaver.

Jim Duqette: Traded Scott Kazmir.

Dick Young: The New York Post columnist who basically ran Tom Seaver out of town.

Those are your choices. Remember, you have until 3PM on August 20th. Spread the word and tell your friends.

And I will consider a Met fan committee equivalent to the veterans committee at a later date if it is deemed necessary.