"Mad Dog" MADDUX, GLAVINE, and the "Big HURT" THOMAS all get into COOPERSTOWN...'Stros BIGGIO falls short by two votes...A CUP of JOE in the SHOW Report "COOPERSTOWN Edition" 2014

They needed just 75% of the Vote and that Call has to be filled with your Career, Career Highlights, Anxiety, and a whole bunch of Maalox. Three get in after the 2013 "Cooperstown Shutout" and all are deserving.

The "Cooperstown 3" for 2014

Greg "Mad Dog" Maddux as slick as he was pitching and fielding and even hitting gets 97.2% of the votes and that is 555 of 571 which isn't remarkable considering who we are talking about. His best years were with the Braves and that Trio of Tom Glavine and John Smoltz along with Manager Bobby Cox and Pitching Coach Leo Mazzone. Some 355 wins over 23 seasons with a 3.16 ERA. Cy Young Award from 1992-95, 18 Gold Gloves, and eight-time All-Star. Is he going in as a Brave or Cub...or is that even a question?

Tom Glavine (91.9%) was a consummate professional who was going to trick you but just go after you. Like Orel Hershiser not dominating stuff just a mentality of I am more discipline as a Pitcher than you as a hitter...and he won with that mentality more than the hitter. "Glav" is 305 wins in 22 seasons as he was a  10-Time All-Star and two Cy Young Awards. He along with Mad Dog and Smoltz dominated the Senior Circuit and the NL East but only Chip to show for it. He is going in as a Brave but also pitched well for the Braves Rival the Amazins'.

The "Big Hurt" Frank Thomas (83.7%) a First Baseman/DH was flat-out one of the best hitters in his time. Thomas had a career-high .301 average with 521 Bombs and he knocked in a couple hundred ponds of Ducks with 1,704 Ribbies in 19 seasons. The "Big Hurt" also was two-time Junior Circuit M.V.P. and was the Core of a solid Pale Hose Squad in the 90s with the likes of Robin Ventura, "Black Jack" McDowell, Joey Cora, Ozzie Guillen, and Bobby Thigpen among others.

All three of the fine Major-Leaguers will be joined in the Induction Ceremony by three of the Best Skippers ever to fill-in Line Up Cards in Joe Torre, Tommy LaSorda, and Bobby Cox all voted in by the "Expansion Committee".

Note: 'Stros C/2B Craig Biggio needed two votes as he received 427 votes for a 74.8% as to get inducted a player needs 75%...Wow!