If I had a HOF vote

With the Hall of Fame results right around the corner, I thought it was time to reveal what my vote would be, if I were to ever have one.

1)Tim Raines-I covered him in a previous post, but to sum up: If not for the prescence of a certain first ballot Hall of Famer, Raines would be considered the greatest leadoff man of his generation. People like to point out that he made the All-Star team his first 7 full years, and then never again as a bad point. Lou Brock only made 6, and they werent in a consecutive run like Raines was.

2)Dale Murphy-Murphy won back to back MVP in 1982 and 1983. At the time, the NL included stars such as Mike Schmidt, Andre Dawson, Gary Carter, Jack Clark and Pedro Guerrero. Murphy finished with 398 career homers, which is what critics use to hold him back. Of course, Murphy only got cups of coffee's at age of 20 and 21. Because of the erratic nature of his arm, he was moved from catcher to first, and eventually settled in centerfield, where he won 5 Gold Gloves. How many catchers get converted into centerfielders, and then win multiple Gold Gloves?

3)Goose Gossage-The fact that Gossage isnt in yet is a borderline crime. He was the closer of his day, in a day where closers were asked to pitch in a wider variety of situations. Gossage finished with 310 saves, good for 17th all time. If he pitched today, he'd probably have close to twice that, as evidenced by his finished 681 games, good for 6th all time. For comparison, Trevor Hoffman has 524 saves, and has finished 732 games. Hoffman averages 1.07 innings an appearance, Gossage 1.81. Throw in his 8 saves and 2.87 ERA in 19 postseason games, and he should have been in a while ago.

4)Jim Rice-Rice is a player I just recently came around on. 8 100+ RBI seasons, 382 homers and 8 All-star games. Throw his MVP award(for his .315/.370/.600 46 homers, 139 RBI 1978 season), and his good arm(137 career assists), and I think he's finally due. Working against him of course is his rep, but I think that after everything that has happened this winter, he looks alot better.