Peter Gammons Reveals He Dropped Both Larry Walker and Todd Helton off His Ballot in Wild Development

Larry Walker, teetering firmly on the verge of Hall of Fame election, or ultimate rejection, did NOT need this right now.

For some reason, Hall of Fame scribe Peter Gammons increased the incline of Walker's uphill climb by dropping him from his six-man ballot in his final season of eligibility. He did the very same to Todd Helton for whatever reason, in the most blatant example we've seen yet of anti-Rockies bias.

Unless the graphic just shown on @MLBNetwork is wrong, Peter Gammons appears to have dropped Walker and Helton, both of whom he voted for last year. pic.twitter.com/yNPde5Q63V
— Ryan Thibodaux (@NotMrTibbs) January 20, 2020

Fellas, what is the goal here? Walker was famously on pace to be ONE BALLOT SHORT, before this happened. This stings more than ever.

Gammons has been known to tweet from his pocket from time to time, but this was a methodical act, not a jangly pants accident.

It's been a strange offseason for the venerated baseball writer, who was the only person tweeting as if Gerrit Cole had already agreed to his Yankee deal several days before there was even smoke surrounding a contract.

Gerrit Cole will go into New York for his age 29 season, and in 2018 averaged 102 pitches in 33 starts, didn't get to 100 in a third of them, got the 'Stros to the 7th 29 times, did not go past 113 Ps until his high of 118 in Game 1 vs. Tampa.
— Peter Gammons (@pgammo) December 7, 2019

We're absolutely baffled by this attention-seeking move from someone who's been content being nothing flashier than a baseball historian and aspiring blues guitarist in the past. If you don't believe Walker and Helton are Hall of Famers because of the contributions of Coors Field, fine (you're wrong, but fine).

But if you thought Walker was a Hall of Famer last year, then sliced him out of the picture in his last year of eligibility on a whim, what was your goal here?