Saturday, June 22, 2013

Season 29 Hall of Fame Voting Results

Here are the complete results for Hall of Fame voting for season 29 (last season's votes in parenthesis):

Vance Collier - 20 (14) (Elected)
Gary Blake - 14 (16)
Ahmed Sanford - 13 (12)
Damaso Lopez -12 (8)
Mark Parker - 12 (7)
Alfredo Valentin - 9 (8)
Pat Masao - 6 (7)
Johan McInerney - 3 (3)
Don Yoshii - 3 (3)
Cesar Urbina - 2 (3)
Omar Siqueiros - 2 (1)
John Kim -2 (1)
Tyrone Hamilton -2 (5)
Rob Becker - 2 (3)
Midre Bonilla - 2
Bey Meacham - 2 (1)
Scott Hall - 1 (1)
Dan King - 1 (1)
Esteban Moreno - 1
Roger Heath - 1
Harry Martinez - 1 (1)
Jim Aurilia - 1
Yorrick Benard - 1 (1)
Joseph Yoshii - 1
John Blake - 1
Pablo Ordonez - 1

Saturday, June 15, 2013

No Cash in Trades Before Rule 5 Freeze Rule Adopted

An accepted (and subsequently vetoed) trade during the pre-season in Mantle season 29 in which cash was being included in the deal at the start of the free agency period led to a fair amount of discussion in the world chat.  A number of owners felt strongly that cash being exchanged in deals at this particular point in the season was giving the receiving owners an advantage during free agency.  This led to a proposed new world rule which was put up for a vote, and has passed.

Starting in season 30, cash cannot be included in any trade before the Rule 5 freeze day.  Any such trade that is offered and accepted should be vetoed by the other 30 owners in Mantle.

Final voting results are as follows:

Yes - 15 votes (65.2%)
No - 8 votes (34.8%)
No preference - 5 votes (not included)
Did not vote - 4

Results: PASSED - rule to be adopted starting in season 30