Congrats to Andre Dawson for finally getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame. For some reason, Roberto Alomar -- in his first try -- was sadly not given entry into baseball immortality, as well as Bert Blyleven. They both narrowly missed entry.

I would think despite being a complete player in his prime, Alomar was probably denied entry this year to the Hall of Fame because his incident with umpire John Hirschbeck in Toronto's SkyDome in late 1996. As most fans, know when Alomar spat on Hirschbeck during an argument following a called third strike. It sounded like over the years, both men made amends with one another and moved on with their lives.

Still, I believe, just based on merit and his sheer numbers alone, Alomar should have been elected to the Hall of Fame on his first try. If there's any solace to the results this year, both Alomar and Blyleven should make the Hall of Fame in 2011.

NEW YORK (SI.com) -- In one of the tightest elections ever, Andre Dawson was the only player elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dawson received 77.9 percent of the vote, just above the 75 percent needed for enshrinement. Bert Blyleven got 74.2 percent, missing election by just five votes. Roberto Alomar, widely expected to be a shoo-in, finished third with 73.7 percent. Jack Morris and Barry Larkin were the only other players to top 50 percent.

Dawson was the 1977 National League Rookie of the Year with the Montreal Expos and the 1987 NL MVP with the Chicago Cubs.

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