It's kind of hard to see Ortiz getting inducted ahead of Edgar Martinez, especially since they used to call the award for the top DH the Edgar Martinez Award! He definitely had better offensive numbers, but he's got the PED cloud over his head.
Personally, I'm not sure I'd vote to induct any of these guys into the Hall of Fame who looks like they stepped out from behind the counter of a pizza joint before putting on their baseball uniform. LOL.
Come on now.....Babe Ruth:)
If you want to see a guy who.looked like he stepped from a pizza counter is Pedro Sandoval (Kung Fu Panda), Boston really got a bad deal (so far), but I heard he is already in Ft. Meyers training and he lost weight. Red Sox got a good starting pitching with Sale, Price and Porticello. The line up should be unchanged except Ortiz retired, but I can’t wait for baseball and NASCAR.
“Personally, I’m not sure I’d vote to induct any of these guys into the Hall of Fame who looks like they stepped out from behind the counter of a pizza joint before putting on their baseball uniform. LOL.”
I think it’s cool you have players with obviously different levels of fitness and natural athleticism being wildly successful in MLB. It’s the nature of the game, where very specific motor skills count just as much as raw athleticism.
As far as PEDs players, I hope the obvious known ones don’t get in but I think they might. The Hof is flawed enough, but it is the least flawed of any of the major Hofs.
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