We here at 7th Inning Stache mainly concern ourselves with the MLB Mustache Hall of Fame, and don’t think too much of that other HOF in Cooperstown.  However, it’s worth noting that 7IS did endorse one candidate and one candidate only for this year’s Cooperstown election.  That candidate was Expos/Cubs legend Andre Dawson.

Today, Andre Dawson was the one and only candidate to gain enough votes to get into Cooperstown, joining a prestigious elite group who are Cooperstown HOFers and MHOFers.

As for Bert Blyleven who missed out by the slimmest of margins, we’ll see what we can do for you next year.

If you’re in the mood for more HOF reading, we got some links for youse:

• AUDIO: classic 80′s song proclaiming that Andre Dawson is in fact a hero. [midwest SPORTS fans]
• Sooze seems a little upset about the voting.  Even if you don’t share her outrage, is it possible to see Blyleven’s I Heart To Fart shirt enough? [sports UNTAPPED]
• Great interview with Jonah Keri on Tim Raines and the HOF voting process by B&C’s answer to Barbara Walters, Landon Evanson. [bugs&cranks]
• Blyleven’s chances for 2011. [wezen-ball]
• Sky Andrecheck’s Alternate Universe Hall Of Fame makes a helluva lot of sense.  I hope he approves of our MHOF methods. [the BASEBALL analysts]
• Paulie Rice: How To Spot An Inane Hall Of Fame Argument [7is]
• Kevin Lager: #Dawson4TheHall [7is]
• Kevin Lager: Andre Dawson MLB HOF Mustache [7is]

This is day 25 of the “7th Inning Stache”s 100 days of MLB mustaches. All of the Staches will be cataloged in our MLB Mustache Hall Of Fame. If you have any tips on some fielding first basemen follicle follies please email us the tip @ NESWblogs-at-gmail.com.

Since ace pitcher Randy Johnson announced his retirement (today: January 5, 2010), a lot of sportswriters and analysts are referring to him as a future Hall of Famer.  Well kids, the future is now.

Welcome to the MLB Mustache Hall of Fame, Randy Johnson; you truly earned this honour.  While staring down mere mortal batters from just beyond your bristling stache, your MLB Mustache Hall of Fame entry now sits on a mantle of accomplishments that includes 303 wins, 4875 strikeouts (most ever by a lefty), about a million Cy Young awards (Ed: it’s five, but that seems like a million), a perfect game at the age of 40 against America’s self-proclaimed team, a 3-0 record in an absolutely epic 2001 World Series win (even with Yankee luck¹ stacked against you), an important lesson to doves everywhere about staying away from ballparks, and a pair of great nicknames – one you gave to your slider, Mr. Snappy, and one from your Expos teammate Tim Raines, The Big Unit.

Randy Johnson’s stache = Dominant

In special recognition of Randy Johnson’s retirement, 7th Inning Stache is proud to post a second Randy Johnson Mustache picture!

¹George Vecsey, Baseball: A History of America’s Favorite Game (New York: The Modern Library, 2006), p.155.