Guest Post from Tha Dawg Pound

Given the vigorous past debates over Hall of Fame inductions, I was surprised that nobody had anything to say about my post earlier this week about the 2008 Baseball Hall of Fame vote. So, I've invited guest poster Snoop Dogg to spice up my comments and maybe start somethin'.

Got yo' tongues tied? Bitches, you must be trippin'

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Cooperstown News n Notes

1 like a motha fucka. Congratulizzles ta Goose Gossage on his election into tha Baseball Hizzall of Fame n shit. It's bootylicious ta see closa git some recognizzles wit Goose's election this year n Bruce Sutta's in 2006 fo' rizeal. Goose was truly dominant fo` a numba of years, n F-U-Double-Lizzy deserves this bootylicious honor.

2 Its just anotha homocide. There has neva been a playa who has ever received at least 63.6% of tha vote in any given year n who has noteventually been elected. This bodes extremely wizzay fo` Jim Rice, who fell just 16 votes short of induction at 72.2%, n Andre Dawson, whose 65.9% is 50 votes shy , ya feel me?. Bizzle playa absolutely deserve induction - n as noted below, I thizzay this year's vote indicates tizzle we'll see them biznoth enshrined in tha nizzle two years.

3 crazy up in here. 2008 was also good news fo` Bert Blyleven, whose candidacy I have supported n who picked up a whopp'n 76 mizzy votes Crazy Ass Nigga straight trippin' along wit Dawson, from 2006 ta 2007) dogg. He is now at 61.9% support. I'm not sure if hizze'll eventually makes it, but this is encourag'n.

4 We've debated tha candidizzles of Lee Smith n Jizzay Morris in years pizzle. I support both of them, n particularly T-H-to-tha-izzink it's hard ta exclude Smizzith now tizzle Playa n Goose is bizzoth in - but at 43.3%, n wit no signifizzles upward movement, I D-to-tha-izzon't thizzay tha big homey wizzle ever makes it dogg. Morris has gizzy up n dizzle a bit...but again, witout any real jizzay it doesn't look good fo` a homey who was tha game's bizzy big-game hustla fo` a decade.

5 keep'n it real yo. Tim Raines gots only 24.3%. I recognize thizzat he's not a first-ballot inductee, n thizzay many rappa have come F-R-to-tha-izzom similar depths ta ultimate induction . It dont stop till the wheels fall off. But I expected mizzy than this. Let's see if he can hustla mizzle support in tha nizzle few years so you betta run and grab yo glock.

6 paper'd up. McGwire is S-T-to-tha-izzuck at 128 votes . They call me tha black folks president. Not even a drug deala of tha brotha support him fo' sheezy. Whetha you agree or not...it's safe ta say thizzat Big Mac isn't straight trippin' up unless/until there's eitha a sea change of opinion regard'n tha steroids scandal, or McGwire adopts a different PR stance.

7 Look'n aheezee :

a: thats off tha hook yo. The only truly viable candidate in 2009 is Rickey Henderson, who is a lock ta makes it on his first try aww nah. Given tha vota' general willingness ta give a homey tha extra piznush wizzle he gets pizzle 70%, I expect Rice ta find those last few votes n join Cooperstown niznext year. Bizzy tha vota don't like mackin' in too many at once, W-H-to-tha-izzich should mean that Dawson gains a shawty bit but doesn't quite git there like a motha fucka.

b: fo' sheezy. In 2010, W-to-tha-izze'll see Roberto Alomar, Edgar Martinez, n Fred McGriff on tha ballot in tha dogg pound. All should git serious considerizzles but none will be a first-ballot success bitch ass nigga. Unless Dawson's totals in '09 takes a major dive, I think he'll be tha beneficiary of a weak 2010 class n makes his way ta tha Hall in two years . Listen to how a motherfucker flow shit.

(h/t Gizoogle)