The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2021 Hall of Fame ballot. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here. For a tentative schedule and a chance to fill out a Hall of Fame ballot for our crowdsourcing project, see here. All WAR figures refer to the Baseball-Reference version unless otherwise indicated.
For better or worse, I’m a completist. In 17 years of analyzing Hall of Fame ballots using my JAWS system, I’ve never let a candidate pass without comment, no matter how remote his chance of election. From the brothers Alomar to the youngest Alou and the elder Young, I’ve covered ’em all. Thus it’s my sworn duty to tackle the minor candidates on the 2021 BBWAA ballot. I count 18 major ones the 14 holdovers plus Mark Buehrle, Tim Hudson, Torii Hunter, and Barry Zito (the only newcomer to win a major award) leavin
they found 48 weapons, also 50,000 rounds of ammunition. some of it was armor piercing. he s charged with conspiracy to commit grand theft. he s being held on bail of half a million dollars tonight. your safety could be in jeopardy if you rely on car services at oakland international airport. abc 7 news learned that limousines without valid permits are listed on the airport s website. in other words, these limos are operating without state approval but with the perceived endorsement of the airport. abc 7 news reporter vic lee with a story you ll see only on abc 7. what if i were to tell you that 13% of all the limos here have no permits? my goodness. that s not right. rose cribs is correct, it s not right. what we told her is true. 13% of limousine services listed on the oakland airport website have no valid operating permits. ten of the 80 companies have had their permits revoked, suspended or denied by the state public utilities commission. the agency that regulates
after several hours sharpshooters ended the drama. the gunman identified as james lee is dead, everyone else safe and sound, the investigation, though, just beginning. fox 5 s roz plater begins our team coverage live outside the building which is still an active crime scene. reporter: we ve been told now the explosives team on the inside has discovered three packages. now given all that the main thing may be the hostage and hostages and everyone else got out safe. an employee on his way back from lunch spotted something terrifying in the lobby of the discovery building in downtown silver spring. a man with a gun and what looked like explosives strapped to his body front and back. he called to warn co-workers. he was really scared and panicked and nervous, all of those feelings, because we heard he had explosives. reporter: from the windows workers could see police officers, guns drawn surrounding the building. by e maim they were alerted when it was time to e-mail t