The Bizarro Hall of Fame: Introducing the Class of 2006

The Bizarro Hall of Fame was created in January 2007 in the wake of Major League Baseball’s infamous Steroid Era as a way of honoring those players whose careers were perfectly mediocre: the only requirement is that a candidate be listed on the official Baseball Hall of Fame ballot and receive zero votes.

The Class of 2006

Gary DiSarcina – His favorite show is Desperate Housewives. His favorite piece of clothing is Flip Flops. His nickname is DiSar. And if he could spend a day with anyone, he would choose Alexander the Great. All valid reasons for why he received no Hall of Fame votes. On the plus side, he was a loyal player, spending his entire career with one team, the California/Anaheim Angels, and has shown the same sentiment toward his home state of Massachusetts, attending college there and later returning as a Red Sox television analyst for NESN.

Alex Fernandez – By the end of his career, Fernandez’s right arm was attached to his body by three toothpicks and a twist-tie, but he still has the Golden Spikes Award he won in 1990 as America’s best amateur baseball player. It should make him feel better to know that none of the other winners is in the Hall of Fame (or likely to be).