Inaugural class is Jamie Quirk and Mike Jorgensen, as outlined in point 3 of my New Year’s drivel (linked). Anyone may put forward new names on a rolling basis.

6shutouts we turn to you to select the city from the options offered in response here, or propose a final vote. Your call.

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Let's pick a baseball city with one or fewer championships and without major success in other sports. Although it doesn't need another world-class institution and is a new city, let's locate the HoSm in San Diego.

As a sop to disappointed Chicago voters, we need a wing for mediocre management ( a really big wing at that). You can add Reinsdorf and the Halas spawn after I put in Alex Spanos

as a percentage of total seasons played.

55 Seasons as Kansas City Royals

12 seasons in the .500 zone
2 WS Champions
4 AL Champions
7 Division Titles (1981 2nd half)
1 Wild Card (+1981)

1 MVP
4 Cy Youngs
4 RoY
1 MoY

9 Middle place finishes (4th place in 7 team div, 3rd in 5 team)
Didn't finish last until 1996 (27 seasons)

1 season of .600 baseball (1977)
1 season of 100 wins
9 second place finishes
11 last place finishes (all in 5-team div era)
7 seasons below .400 (first in 2002)
7 seasons of 100 losses

Interestingly, a lot of the good Royals teams only had 90 - 92 wins. I expect division winners to be at 95+

Aside from the recent World Series teams, the late 70s - mid 80s teams were so strong. They made an imprint on my mind, as those were my early years as a fan. Brett, Wilson, Porter, Mcrae, Gura, Splittorf, Quis. And don't forget HOSM's own Jamie Quirk. Great rivalry with the Yankees over those years.

during that time frame for all of sports (49ers-Cowboys just emerging as well as Lakers-Celtics, older traditional rivalries didn't seem to be running as hot at that moment). Even better than the Pine Tar incident was the fight between Brett and Nettles in the ALCS. Brett slid hard into 3rd and got tangled up with Nettles. Nettles didn't like it and kicked Brett, who immediately leapt to his feet and punched Nettles. Huge brawl. NO EJECTIONS!

One other thing about the Royals is people think they sucked the entire time from 1986 to 2014 but that really isn't the case. They finished 2nd 3 more times from 1986 to 1995 and had 2 very good 3rd place teams in 88 and 93. They also finished 6th in the AL West one year with an 82-80 record which was tied for their worst positional finish until 1996.

Kansas City can be a really great baseball town, if management would just look like they are trying.