They feel that almost no one is deserving of being a first ballot guy.
In the first ballot that night, the cardinals who garnered significant votes were Cardinals Bergoglio, Scola and Ouellet.
W.A.A. considers it a tremendous honor to be elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot.
Joe DiMaggio wasn't even a first ballot Hall of Famer, of all things.
If no such clear winner emerges on the first ballot, however, the two leading vote-getters will face a run-off election.
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On July 18, 1940, the Democratic Convention meeting in Chicago overwhelmingly nominated FDR for a third term on the first ballot.
The delegates' votes are committed only for the first ballot, so any of the top four could emerge as the winner.
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From 11:00 BST on Sunday, about one million people who missed out in the first ballot have five days to buy tickets.
Tom Glavine (305) and Randy Johnson (303) will be surefire first ballot Hall of Famers when they become eligible in 2014 and 2015.
The vote will be preceded by Mass on Tuesday morning, with the first ballot due in the afternoon, the Vatican press office said.
By no means is he a first ballot Hall of Famer nor is he a ball player that will receive less than 5% of the vote.
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The McGwire controversy, not only shadows overwhelming first ballot elections of Ripken and Gwynn, but the candidacies of longtime hopefuls like relief pitcher Goose Gossage and slugger Jim Rice.
The winner must capture a majority, so if no one wins on the first ballot, the person who gets the least votes drops out and the others compete for that member's supporters.
Swanay: Save for a 20-point dip in his batting average, the future first ballot Hall of Famer has had a fairly typical season and made countless fantasy owners happy along the way.
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Since the inaugural class of Ruth (95.1%), Cobb (98.2%), Mathewson (90.7%), Johnson (83.6%) and Wagner (95.1%) of 1936, only 39 men have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot.
If one should occur, support may break off in favor of former prime minister Lee Soo Sung, who lost on the first ballot but retains the loyalty of many of the president's key backers.
What might seem beautiful in its tradition and ritual during the first ballot could easily become cumbersome and annoying after the twentieth ballot, and there will be a temptation to cut corners to save time.
"I think that it's wide open, and I think right now the real question is whether or not Mike Duncan can take it on the first ballot or get past the second, " Anuzis told CNN.
It was remarkable that he was elected on a first ballot, with well over two-thirds of the 1, 010 Italian worthies in the electoral college (a large majority of them parliamentarians, with a smattering of regional bigwigs) plumping for him.
But, whereas the votes won by each party in each region are used to determine how many additional members parties get, the seats they have already won in the region from the first ballot are also taken into account.
While few people expect a pontiff to be elected on the first ballot, the Vatican was ready: In the Room of Tears off the Sistine Chapel where the pope goes immediately after his election, three sizes of white cassocks hung from a clothes rack.
" Republican sources tell CNN's "Inside Politics" that outgoing New Hampshire Gov. Steve Merrill, RNC General Counsel David Norcross, Colorado RNC committeeman Jim Nicholson and Texas GOP Chairman Tom Pauken are all vying to come in on top in the first ballot and that about "half of the committee is undecided.
Nobody is even remotely close to first-ballot consideration as first-timers such as Jeromy Burnitz, Vinny Castilla, Brian Jordan, Javy Lopez, Bill Mueller, Terry Mulholland, Phil Nevin, Brad Radke, Tim Salmon, Ruben Sierra, Bernie Williams, Tony Womack and Eric Young all could be one and done.
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The Republicans, whose candidate won the first two ballot counts by equally tiny margins, are challenging the election.
In 1956 Kennedy almost gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President, and four years later was a first-ballot nominee for President.
Before the steroid issue, Clemens was a first-ballot lock with a record of 354-184, an unprecedented seven Cy Young Awards and 4, 672 strikeouts, second all-time to Nolan Ryan.
Jefferies didn't turn out to be awful, but had a mostly unremarkable career with the New York Mets, while Griffey Jr. is a certain first-ballot Hall of Famer after he retires.
With the exception of Roger Clemens, recent retirees and 300-game winners Randy Johnson (303), Tom Glavine (305), and Greg Maddux (355) have all but secured their status as first-ballot hall of famers in the coming years.
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