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Bill Bergen for HoF!
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Now, I'm not lamenting who got in. I do believe that Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas were all very deserving Hall of Famers. It's the people who didn't get in that is my issue. There were players who should have gotten in that did not. My List of snubs:
Barry Bonds - I am so sick and tired of the fake moral outrage by people who made careers writing about the rise of baseball in the steroid era, then extended careers by throwing players under the bus and have attempted to stay relevant by leading charges to completely destroy those who made them money. For those who like to throw out the cheating argument, there are already epic cheater like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Willie Mays already in the Hall of Fame. Even if you want to throw out Bonds' numbers from when he is "suspected" to have started using steroids, and only use his pre steroid numbers - he's a Hall of Famer.
Roger Clemens - See Barry Bonds. Not only is he 9th all time in wins (1 behinds Maddux) but he is the only eligible player to achieve 300 wins to not be in the Hall of Fame (Randy Johnson won't be eligible til next year).
Craig Biggio - I know that there are those who don't like Biggio as a HoFer because they see him as a stat compiler, but in many ways that's what they hall is actually about. In the past, 3000 hits were looked at like 500 home runs and were an automatic entry to the hall, but that sentiment has changed. He's also 5th in doubles all-time (668) and in 20 years he averaged over 90 runs scored a season (I've never understood why people always thought RBI were superior to runs scored).
Jack Morris - Once you let Bert Blyleven into the hall (which I was glad to see) you just kind've had to add Morris, but that just isn't gonna happen (this was Morris' last year of eligibility). Morris won 20 games 3 times, and also led the league in wins the strike shortened 1981 season. Was one of the few players to play in 3 years that were shortened due to strikes (1981,1994 & 1995).
Lee Smith - I know there are those who feel that Mariano Rivera should be the first closer (as we know it) to be voted into the hall, but Smith is more than deserving to be inducted, even though his saves record has since been surpased. If voters do wait to let Rivera in before anyone else, then Smith's eligibility will be up and the veterans committee will have to let him in through the back door.
Edgar Martinez - He changed how people looked at DH, and it was actually for that fact that Frank Thomas got in (though as a DH, Edgar is statistically superior to Thomas in nearly every way). Due to injuries, he's a little underwhelming statistically, but you'd be hard pressed to find a more complete hitter in any era.
Sammy Sosa -Again, see Barry Bonds. Only player in MLB history to hit 50 or more home runs in 4 straight seasons (49 in 2002 would have been fifth if he could've gotten one more). Bonds not withstanding, Sosa was the most dominate HR hitter in MLB history from 1995-2004 (479 HRs in 10 years).
Barry Bonds - I am so sick and tired of the fake moral outrage by people who made careers writing about the rise of baseball in the steroid era, then extended careers by throwing players under the bus and have attempted to stay relevant by leading charges to completely destroy those who made them money. For those who like to throw out the cheating argument, there are already epic cheater like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Willie Mays already in the Hall of Fame. Even if you want to throw out Bonds' numbers from when he is "suspected" to have started using steroids, and only use his pre steroid numbers - he's a Hall of Famer.
Roger Clemens - See Barry Bonds. Not only is he 9th all time in wins (1 behinds Maddux) but he is the only eligible player to achieve 300 wins to not be in the Hall of Fame (Randy Johnson won't be eligible til next year).
Craig Biggio - I know that there are those who don't like Biggio as a HoFer because they see him as a stat compiler, but in many ways that's what they hall is actually about. In the past, 3000 hits were looked at like 500 home runs and were an automatic entry to the hall, but that sentiment has changed. He's also 5th in doubles all-time (668) and in 20 years he averaged over 90 runs scored a season (I've never understood why people always thought RBI were superior to runs scored).
Jack Morris - Once you let Bert Blyleven into the hall (which I was glad to see) you just kind've had to add Morris, but that just isn't gonna happen (this was Morris' last year of eligibility). Morris won 20 games 3 times, and also led the league in wins the strike shortened 1981 season. Was one of the few players to play in 3 years that were shortened due to strikes (1981,1994 & 1995).
Lee Smith - I know there are those who feel that Mariano Rivera should be the first closer (as we know it) to be voted into the hall, but Smith is more than deserving to be inducted, even though his saves record has since been surpased. If voters do wait to let Rivera in before anyone else, then Smith's eligibility will be up and the veterans committee will have to let him in through the back door.
Edgar Martinez - He changed how people looked at DH, and it was actually for that fact that Frank Thomas got in (though as a DH, Edgar is statistically superior to Thomas in nearly every way). Due to injuries, he's a little underwhelming statistically, but you'd be hard pressed to find a more complete hitter in any era.
Sammy Sosa -Again, see Barry Bonds. Only player in MLB history to hit 50 or more home runs in 4 straight seasons (49 in 2002 would have been fifth if he could've gotten one more). Bonds not withstanding, Sosa was the most dominate HR hitter in MLB history from 1995-2004 (479 HRs in 10 years).
