Gary Sheffield -HOF?

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Originally Posted by gRYFYN1

Yeah maybe Fla being where he got a WS but man... Look at his career, amazingly odd.

Quick fact number of season he played more than 100 games by team ---

Mil -1
SD -1
FLA-2
LA-3
NY-2
DET-1 (so far)

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You would think a team would want to keep such a good player lol

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Originally Posted by gRYFYN1

Yeah maybe Fla being where he got a WS but man... Look at his career, amazingly odd.

Quick fact number of season he played more than 100 games by team ---

Mil -1
SD -1
FLA-2
LA-3
NY-2
DET-1 (so far)

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It's important to note that Sheffield was traded to Florida in mid-1993, then the next two years were strike-shortened, and then was traded away in mid-1998, so that sort of "exercise" doesn't really show how much he played for each team at all.

558 games on Florida
496 games on Los Angeles
347 games on New York
294 games on Milwaukee
290 games on Atlanta
214 games on San Diego
203 games on Detroit

That's all well and good but... what were the memorable games for Sheffield with each team, you know? There is the series ring in Florida, but... I don't know. LA would probably be what most think of. Didn't he go deep in the playoffs or something with the Padres? I remember him fairly distinctly as a Padre, for some reason (Not that I think the Padres are or should be the team selected, I'm just saying...).

I think of him as a Yankee, just because I saw him on tv a lot as one

They should spite him and make him wear a brewers hat

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Originally Posted by ohms_law

That's all well and good but... what were the memorable games for Sheffield with each team, you know? There is the series ring in Florida, but... I don't know. LA would probably be what most think of. Didn't he go deep in the playoffs or something with the Padres? I remember him fairly distinctly as a Padre, for some reason (Not that I think the Padres are or should be the team selected, I'm just saying...).

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I think the combination of the ring and his best season with the Marlins should give him the Marlins hat. I wasn't going just by how much time he spent with the team, just showing that it's not as close as that 100 game method makes it seem.

When I think of Sheff, I think of him on the Marlins. Of course, that's different for each person because it depends entirely on what you've seen of him, perception, etc.

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

I think the combination of the ring and his best season with the Marlins should give him the Marlins hat. I wasn't going just by how much time he spent with the team, just showing that it's not as close as that 100 game method makes it seem.

When I think of Sheff, I think of him on the Marlins. Of course, that's different for each person because it depends entirely on what you've seen of him, perception, etc.

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To be honest, I thought he was with the Brewers a lot longer than that.

He might just go in with no logo, Catfish style.

He probably made his biggest mark with the Marlins. He probably could've stuck around with the Dodgers if ownership didn't decide that Darren Dreifort deserved more money than he did.

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Originally Posted by haveacigar

point being, there's a lot of A holes in the hall of fame. just because he was a jerk and a poor sport in his early 20s doesn't mean he should miss the hall of fame.

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Ok it makes sense now. Just wanted to point out though that i never said he didn't deserve to be in the HOF. I said I hoped he didn't get in. I even said he had good numbers. When you watch a player on your favorite team intentionally commit errors to force the team to trade him. Your going to naturally dislike that player. So yeah I hate Sheffield.

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Originally Posted by Frijolito

Lets see, intentionally commiting errors so the brewers would trade him. Calling the brewers management racist after Bill Spiers beat him out for the starting SS job, Accused the Brewers of being racist, again, after they traded a 39 year old Dave Parker for a young OF named Dante Bichette. Repeatedly had run ins with the fans, media, management etc. And thats just his short time with the Brewers. Me personally I think Sheffield is a piece of feces. He has had a good career numbers wise though, and he hasn't retired yet. By the time he is up for election, the whole outrage over steriods and such might not be what it is now. I hope he doesn't make it, but I won't be surprised if he did.

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Not to change the subject, but what's wrong with Brewers fans? No offense, but that's a mighty big chip you've got there on your collective shoulder, and I honestly don't see what the cause of it could be. The Brewers have always had a successful small market franchise. I don't get it.

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Originally Posted by ohms_law

Not to change the subject, but what's wrong with Brewers fans? No offense, but that's a mighty big chip you've got there on your collective shoulder, and I honestly don't see what the cause of it could be. The Brewers have always had a successful small market franchise. I don't get it.

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Well, you know, aside from the first year in Miller, where they were the most profitable team in baseball...but ol' Buddy boy had to 'prove' that the small market could never keep up, so they sat on the cash. :rolleyes:

heh

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Originally Posted by Frijolito

Ok it makes sense now. Just wanted to point out though that i never said he didn't deserve to be in the HOF. I said I hoped he didn't get in. I even said he had good numbers. When you watch a player on your favorite team intentionally commit errors to force the team to trade him. Your going to naturally dislike that player. So yeah I hate Sheffield.

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well i definitely don't expect any Brewers fans to like the guy.

id vote yes an dcharacter has NOTHING to do with it. look at cobb the biggest jerk of them all

i think if him as a brave and yankee.. lol I didnt even realize he played for san diego and I forgot about la

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Originally Posted by Pavelb1

Given that he's *limping* to 500 and his numbers are steroid inflated to even get that far.....AND with his big mouth. I say no he won't make it, and after the first couple of times being turned down he'll alienate even more people by playing the race card.

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I really doubt it...

maybe 30% chance of making it.