We need a quick runoff vote to resolve the tie at the top in the 1905 voting. Voting closes Wednesday Friday night, so vote early. More after the jump.
Roberto Alomar’s career WAR, according to baseball-reference, was 66.8; Joe Cronin’s was a virtual identical 66.4. At Adam Darowski’s Hall of Stats, Alomar’s “Hall Number” is 125; so is Joe Cronin’s. Your decision between these two, born more than 60 years apart, may have to be based on factors other than a simple Wins Above Replacement comparison.
However you decide, your ballot in this runoff round, unlike the usual three-name ballot, should identify just one name, Alomar’s or Cronin’s. You will also need to add at least a little bit of extra verbiage though, because the WordPress engine that supports the site won’t accept comments of only one or two words. This is a short-deadline runoff election. All votes must be in by 11:59PM EST on Wednesday Friday night, February 11 13. If the result of this runoff is still a tie, the tie-breaker will give the win to the candidate who received the most runoff votes immediately before the very last runoff vote cast. So it may not be advisable to wait till the end of the runoff period to cast your vote, because if your vote happens to be the last one cast, your vote may not count for tiebreaker purposes. If you would like to keep track of the vote tally for the runoff, you can check this tally spreadsheet: COG 1905 Runoff Vote Tally.
