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I haven't looked at individual stats enough to have a comment on Rice.
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Very true.
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I know you can't set absolute thresholds for stats that guarantee HOF status, but that would make things easier in terms of should a guy be in or not. I fear that over time so many undeserving players have been elected that it's lowered the bar. HOF should be for undisputed great players, not very good players. (as close to undisputed as you can get, anyway).
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I see your point, but I'm ok with them not being one and done.
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The guy who achieved the most with the smallest amount of fame or acknowledgment. -
One way to solve the first issue is to raise the percentage required to stay on the ballot. I mentioned it earlier in the thread, what is it now, 5%? Complete joke. The second issue cannot be policed in any way that I can think of. You'll always have bias. That's at least partly why no one's got in on a unanimous vote. And a few years back, I remember a writer leaving a shoo-in off the ballot and gave some garbage reason about forgetting about him or something. Should have his vote taken away.
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I recently read Ankiel's memoir and it was interesting, but I don't think Tim Brown did a good enough job of bringing the story to life and giving us enough insight. A lot of it was just telling us the same things multiple times to pad the book to acceptable length.
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Ted Lilly???
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I'm a big fan of Ankiel, but I seriously question why the committee decided to put him and Darren Oliver on the ballot. Their stats aren't even close to HOF. Gotta be kidding me with this ********.
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In what sense?
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Victim of one of the most unnecessary ejections of all time. Ump should have been reprimanded.
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At this rate he should just donate his body to medical science - while he's still alive.
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Also, they need to up the percentage of vote required to stay on the ballot. I'd say 20% minimum.
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https://bbwaa.com/19-hof-ballot/ Mo is a lock. Juan Pierre? That's a joke, right? A slaphitter with 600 SBs and nothing else. Also, another joke is Andruw Jones as a holdover. OK, he got a lot of gold gloves, but
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The 2017 championship banner was asinine and cringeworthy.
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If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
Northern Star replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
As I think some others have said, Mookie to 2B and JD to OF hurts two positions, three if you include DH. Not worth whatever you think Mookie brings defensively to 2B when we already have options and I'm sure we could pick up a stopgap dirt cheap if we had to. The post reminds me of the kind of thread (not necessarily on here) where someone suggests trading two good position players for a pitcher. Now you've ripped open two holes in your everyday lineup for filling 1 position every fifth day. Doesn't make sense. -
I've seen a few cases of the first name My Heaven. Way to make it all about you, mom. And that's not a name, that's a description.
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I think a couple of parents sued for the right to name their kid #. They lost.
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If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
Northern Star replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Anyone got Hanley's phone number? -
Some morons in the crowd at Zverev/Federer semi-final have no knowledge of the rules of tennis.
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P Urban Shocker C Dave Zearfoss 1B Al Kaline 2B Carl Vandagrift 3B Herman Pitz SS Jeff Moronko LF Tom Poorman CF Art Parks RF Louis Sockalexis
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Twelve pages and no mention yet of Terrmel Sledge, Lastings Milledge and Boof "the Boofman" Bonser. While Boof is his legal name, nicknames are ABSOLUTELY eligible for this thread. What the hell is baseball without nicknames?
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Aaron Cook
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I remember the actress Park Overall. Is that a direction for a parking garage or something?
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Referee uses rock/paper/scissors to decide kick-off
