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
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Well at least the Yankees got another player in! It's sad though more Vet's didn't make it in.
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Do they release the voting results for these or not?
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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?
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Classic Metsguy.Originally Posted by metsguy234
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Just got a cool tdibit from ESPN
He was involved in the only manager for manager trade in MLB History
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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!'
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They really need to change the induction percentage for the veterans comitee...
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hodges played 1B...
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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.
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OK, my original statements went a bit too far, but I still think this was a stupid choice.
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