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To: oldskoolwargamer2
But closer examination of his stats has convinced me he was deserving

No, he should not be in. He was a solid player but should not have been voted in.

2 posted on 01/25/2023 5:28:36 AM PST by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: frogjerk

Once Harold Baines and Tim Raines were inducted into the Hall of Fame, the HOF was basically admitting that it’s standards are pretty low anyway.


3 posted on 01/25/2023 5:33:31 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: frogjerk

Pretty good examination of his candidacy here:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jaws-and-the-2023-hall-of-fame-ballot-scott-rolen/

I would feel a lot better about his candidacy if he had put together some more solid counting stats. He missed a lot of time with injuries and he fell off rapidly late in his career. A lot of his value was from defense and that’s hard to evaluate with numbers. But I did seem him play a lot (Phillies fan) and he was a great third baseman.

Certainly could argue either way with him.


6 posted on 01/25/2023 5:36:00 AM PST by oldskoolwargamer2
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