for me

the shoe-ins:

Frank Thomas- 500 Career home runs
Craig Biggio- 3000 hits
Greg Maddux- 300 wins, 3000 K
Roger Clemens- living legend
Sammy Sosa- 600 career home runs
Barry Bonds- going to be 1st all time in career home runs
Pedro Martinez- 2 more K for 3000
Tom Glavine- 2 more wins for 300
Alex Rodriguez- 2 more home runs for 500

could be:
Ryan Howard- i predict him to break the all time HR record
Jake Peavy- 3000 K
Ichiro- its going to be a Satchel Paige kinda thing with him
Jose Reyes- 3000 hits
Carlos Zambrano- 300 wins, 3000 K
David Wright- 1500 RBI, 400 HR
Andruw Jones- going to pass Babe Ruth for HR for sure
Fransisco Rodriguez- going to be up there for saves when its all said and done
Albert Pujols- if he continues from where he left off last year, he will shatter almost every offensive stat category

Richie "Dick" Allen.

sosa is a steriod homo, and the term is "shoo-in" not shoe-in, tardbag.

dale murphy

You left off Griffey

Manny Ramirez- working towards 500 plus hrs, currently has 19 grand slam hrs, numerous all-star selections

Derek Jeter- 4 WS championships, career BA well over .300, numerous all-star selections


On the fence . . . Jim Thome, Gary Sheffield, Curt Schilling

are you kidding me..ryan howard will not break the all-time hr record. its a little too late. Phillies should've played him earlier. Anyways....A-rod for sure will be hall of famer b/c he WILL break the all-time hr record. Im not a Yankee fan but Im a crazy GIANTS fan. We all thought Griffey would break the record but he got injured. Bonds better blaast some homers cuzz a-rod will be right behind him in no time. Hopefully A-rod will come to sf and he can be #1 all time and barry #2. He says he wants to come to SF.....u never know!

ken griffey jr. Andrew jones a rod

No one they all stink especially Arod.

i agree with everyone on the top of your list. they are all shoe ins. only pedro will it take his 4th or 5th ballot to get in. also add to the list
junior
unit
omar
sheffield
jeter
papi

No Jeter. Jeter is a shoo - in be4 any of these guys

Sosa almost certainly won't make it, fair or not, because the evidence certainly points to steroids.

I think the OP is correct on Ichiro; he'll also get some credit for opening the door for Japanese position players.

It is FAR too early to predict Howard, Reyes, Peavy, Wright, Zambrano, or Rodriguez. Jones is either just in a horrible slump or has gotten old in a hurry, but his numbers aren't very close at this point (he is about 350 HR away from Ruth, so surpassing him seems a bit of a stretch) . Chipper Jones would be a better choice.

No Mariano Rivera or Trevor Hoffman?
It's early in his career, but Johann Santana is on the way if he can keep it up for a few more good years.