JoeGordon was the only one of 20 candidates to be selected by the two Veteran's Committees to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Gordon deserves it, but it's a shame that Ron Santo once again has to wait :(.
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JoeGordon was the only one of 20 candidates to be selected by the two Veteran's Committees to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Gordon deserves it, but it's a shame that Ron Santo once again has to wait :(.
Well at least the Yankees got another player in! It's sad though more Vet's didn't make it in.
Do they release the voting results for these or not?
WTF? This dude played 11 seasons! I hope everyone who voted for this guy dies in a plane crash or something- how do they justify this nobody going in and Gil Hodges, Ron Santo, Bert Byleven staying out?
Classic Metsguy.Quote:
Originally Posted by metsguy234
Just got a cool tdibit from ESPN
He was involved in the only manager for manager trade in MLB History
hahaha, that is classic MetsGuy.
'This guy? He only [random, meaningless statistic/observation that has no weight regarding induction]! I hope these guys burn to death and fall down an elevator shaft, getting impaled by spikes at the bottom!'
They really need to change the induction percentage for the veterans comitee...
There is really no legitimate argument for this guy being in the HOF though- It's just the HOF's goal of electing every Yankee ever
I sort of agree that he should not be in, but for different reasons. His OPS barely tops .800, only a few years were "great", his Slug was under .470, his OBP around .360. He was consistant though, and may have been a good fielder. Unfortunately advanced metrics would not cover someone from the 40's. I feel Santo should have gotten in instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by metsguy234
No matter what his stats are though, he played eleven years. That's it. And he was never at a Sandy Koufax-type level where he was so amazing during his short career that the short amount of time wouldn't matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedsoxRockies
I totally agree with metsguy. Only 250 homers, .268 batting average? I mean come on!
Ron Santo-342 homers, .277 ba, OPS+ of 125
Bert Blyleven- 287 wins(with crappy teams) 3,701 K's
Gil Hodges- 370 homers, .273 ba as a CATCHER
Those guys all deserve to be in the Hall more than Flash Gordon.
Hodges played 1B...Quote:
Originally Posted by EP Hotties
Being a life long Dodger fan....Gil Hodges wasn't a CATCHER. He was a 1B, and damn good one. He did played a small amount of games at catcher, but only 64 games out of his 2071 games played.Quote:
Originally Posted by EP Hotties
OK, my original statements went a bit too far, but I still think this was a stupid choice.