Put him in. He's a winner.
There's no shame in having an All-Star caliber, if not HOF, career.
Albert Belle led the 1990's in pretty much everything and is not in the HOF...just because he didn't like sportswriters. Talk about injustice!!
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Gossage never won a Cy Young.
That Barry Bonds, the greatest of all time, is not in the HOF renders the HOF meaningless and irrelevant
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When there is a place in the HoF devoted to ped users, I will wholeheartedly agree...
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As successor to the great Roberto Clemente, he did not disappoint. He was an MVP and instrumental in his 2 World Series Championship teams.Tiant played on average teams at best, seeing the postseason in only 2 of his 19 major league seasons. If anyone can seriously argue why any of these four should not be in the Hall, I'm all ears. Visit my web sites
HOF players should dominate their era. Billy Wagner? Hardly. If it takes statistical manipulation to prove his dominance, he doesn't belong.
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"There are 17 holdover candidates, including 10 who got at least 24.6 percent last year...Schilling, Clemens, Bonds, ... McGwire, ... Sosa"?
An awful lot of 'roidsters on the list! What does THAT tell us about the worthiness of some of the candidates?
An awful lot of 'roidsters on the list! What does THAT tell us about the worthiness of some of the candidates?
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Until Pete Rose, Dave Parker, Tim Raines, and Luis Tiant are in the Hall, it means nothing to me. I'm 54 years old, and those 4 players ranked among the very best that I saw play. No one was tougher than Pete Rose who had the equivalent of 22 seasons with 200 or more hits plus some change. Dave Parker hit the ball with authority few others can match. His gun from the outfield was stellar. As successor to the great Roberto Clemente, he did not disappoint. He was an MVP and instrumental in his 2 World Series Championship teams. Tim Raines consistently hit for average and if it weren't for the fact that Rickey Henderson was his contemporary, he would be a shoe in to the Hall just from his prowess on the bath paths. Oh, he has 2,502 career hits and a lifetime average north of .290. Luis Tiant was mesmerizing on the mound and his 229 wins and ERA of 3.30 surpass John Smotz' numbers. Tiant played on average teams at best, seeing the postseason in only 2 of his 19 major league seasons. If anyone can seriously argue why any of these four should not be in the Hall, I'm all ears.
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Billy the Kid was an amazing closer with an average man's body--truly inspiring. His postseason fumbling was surprising, though, and it happened several times. Still, he should be in the Hall of Fame conversation.
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