65.9
Percentage of baseball writers' votes received by Andre Dawson in 2008 Hall of Fame balloting announced Wednesday; 75% required for election to Hall

50
Number of votes by which Dawson missed the 75% benchmark

9.2
Increase in Dawson's percent of votes received since 2007

310
Number of career saves earned over 22 seasons by Rich Gossage, the only man voted into the Hall of Fame on Tuesday

13
Number of saves earned by Gossage in 1988, his only year with the Cubs

3
Combined vote total for ex-Cubs Rod Beck and Shawon Dunston in 2008 HOF balloting; having failed to reach the 5% threshold, both Beck and Dunston will be eliminated from future Hall of Fame consideration

2
Number of ex-Cubs who will become eligible for Hall of Fame consideration for the first time in 2009 (Mark Grace and Dan Plesac)

1
Number of games won by 1969 Chicago Bears, whose coach, Jim Dooley, died on Tuesday

7
Number of times I've seen videotape of Hillary Clinton welling up during Monday campaign event in New Hampshire

51
Number of days until Cubs' first 2008 Spring Training game, when items like the previous one will be less likely to find their way into a post on this blog