Jeff Kent elected to baseball Hall of Fame, which again keeps doors shut for Bonds and Clemens

I am a die hard Braves fan and loved watching Dale Murphy as a kid. He was a very good player, and won the MVP award in back to back seasons.

In my opiniin, he was simply not a dominant player for a long enough time. I simply don’t see him as HoF material. Braves fans love him because he was really good and a very nice man, but I get terribly tired of his name coming up over and over again in the varios HoF voting cycles.

I feel the same way about Andrew Jones.

I looked up the career stats. Jeff Kent's numbers are better than I remember, more accomplished than Mattingly and Hernandez. I threw in Dale Murphy too, another famous Hall of Fame snub.

Now do Barry Larkin (who was voted in) vs. Keith Hernandez. No excuse for this snub.

If you’re an athlete, you shouldn’t be betting on your team in any way or shape or form. Not even the impression that you made a bet about your team
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First, betting on games that do not involve your team does not impact the outcome of those games. Second, as the Reds manager, Rose’s job was to win games and the claim is—assuming it’s true—that Rose bet a handful of times on the Reds but bet them to win. The issue isn’t whether what Rose did was right or wrong, but rather the punishment. Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays had ties to organized crime syndicates, but they received a slap of the wrist. Bonds, Clemens, McGwire and Sosa impacted every game they played in for years while on steroids, and they are still HOF eligible. If Pete Rose played his baseball in NY or CA or was a minority, his suspension would have been lifted 30 years ago. Objectively, the “harm” done MLB done by Rose pales in comparison to what the steroids cheaters did for a decade.

“Years ago it became the Hall of Really Good.”

Getting out of hand. There 352 players in now. I think about 75 of them don’t really belong.

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