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December 14, 2006
Hall of Fame time
Okay, so the Baseball Hall of Fame elections are coming up soon. Here's who I'd put into the Hall:
Bert Blyleven
Goose Gossage
Andre Dawson
Tony Gwynn
Jack Morris
Lee Smith
I still think Jack Morris was probably one of the best starting pitchers of the 80's and early 90's, and Bert Blyleven would've won more than 300 games if he hadn't played on some truly crappy teams. Tony Gwynn was one of my favorite players, and Goose Gossage and Lee Smith helped revolutionize the game. Andre Dawson was just another dominant player in the 80's, who I think doesn't get the recognition he deserves because he played most of his career in Montreal.
Lastly, I don't think Mark McGwire deserves to be in the HOF just yet, especially when you consider the only thing he did was hit piles and piles of home runs. I have a hard time saying he's a Hall of Famer simply because of that. I mean, he hit 583 home runs, but only had 1,600 hits. Downey says the same thing in the Tribune today, and I am inclined to agree.
entry no. 687
Posted by oz115 at December 14, 2006 02:26 PM
Comments
As much as I hate using the transitive argument for Hall elections (which gets way too many guys elected) I still must insist that if Dawson's in, Dale Murphy should be too. Murph was every bit Dawson's equal as a hitter and fielder--and also drew a ton of walks, whereas Dawson wouldn't know a strike zone if it bit him in the ass.
Of your six, I'd only go with Dawson, Gwynn and Morris--I still think that closers are grossly overrated.
As for Blyleven, his election would allow Chris Berman to trot out that old "Berman Nickname" one more time: Bert (Be Home) Blyleven.
Posted by: Pete at December 15, 2006 11:29 AM
No Cal Ripken?!?
Posted by: John at December 15, 2006 01:38 PM