[bjs1779]

You're of the opinion that Sandberg is clearly and obviously good enough, and I think he's kind of marginal.

When you get around to looking up the stats of other Hall of Fame 2nd baseman, I will leave you with this. Even Babe Ruth didn't have a unanimous vote into the Hall either. BTW, how old are you? : )

[general_re]

I know that 2B is traditionally a light-hitting position - Hornsby being the obvious exception - but that's why I don't buy into the usual only-compare-them-to-other-players-of-the-same-position analysis. There's not that much difference between the left side and right side of second base, and if we can find slugging shortstops somewhere in the world, there's no reason we can't find them to play 2b also. And personally, it doesn't bother me if that means there are zero second basemen in the HOF - Hall of Famers should be complete players, who can catch, throw, and hit.