Lawrence Rocca Voted For Hideo Nomo and Jack Morris for the Hall
of Fame, But Not Greg Maddux   Who is honorary Hall of Fame
voter Lawrence Rocca and why did he vote for Hideo Nomo, Jack
Morris, Tim Raines and Alan Trammell over Greg Maddux, Tom
Glavine and Frank Thomas?  First the who: Lawrence Rocca is a
Star-Ledger columnist and former beat writer for the Mets,
Yankees, Dodgers and Angels. His LinkedIN profile lists his
current occupation as Director of Development and Alumni
Affairs at Georgetown Preparatory School.  Now the far-more-
pressing question: Why Nomo, Morris, Raines and Trammell?
Lawrence Rocca’s answer may astonish you.  It was posted by
Rocca himself on Facebook back on January 2 (h/t:
@ChrisCotillo).  Anyone who played the bulk of his career during
the Steroids Era, I am snubbing. Nomo gets a waiver because of
his time in Japan, the trail he blazed, and my (possibly naive)
belief that he did not use. Certainly, he could not have
influenced MLBPA leadership to take a harder stance against st