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Links: David Ortiz is a in a class all by himself

If I told you there was a situation in baseball where no one could agree on how things should be handled, everyone was constantly mad about it, no one felt justly rewarded, and every participant had opinions on how to improve things, you’d probably think I was talking about the MLB/MLBPA labor dispute.

You’re not WRONG, but in this case, I’m actually talking about the annual rhetoric that surrounds Hall of Fame voting, voters, and those who gain entry into Cooperstown’s hallowed halls.

This year only one man surpassed the 75% of votes required to get himself a plaque, and that’s former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, who is likely best known to Tigers fans as “that guy whose grand slam in October 2013 ruined our collective lives.