Move over Reggie, Albert needs to sit beside of you

[yanks12025]

Reggie Jackson is one of those over-bloated, overrated power players who stuck around to hit a milestone (500 HR) and being a Yankee elevates his popularity, or at least, visibility. He was good at nothing else and winning in baseball is NOT the same as winning in the other sports because frankly, it is so heavily dependent on pitching, and the subtle skill and refinement to play the game, especially batting, is unlike any other sport where pure athleticism, for the most part (maybe except Hockey and QB) will get you by. I.E., basketball is clearly the EASIEST sport.

I never considered Reggie an all-time great and that is why HOF credentials, in my opinion, need to be re-evaluated. There should be some sort of defined period of dominance - say 10 years for example - where the player was simply the best, or one of the few best, in the game during that period. A multi-tool player should get greater attention, unless of course, he is just an outright hitting/offensive machine (e.g., Cabrera, Vlad early career, Manny). And OPS is truly a terrific measuring stick for a hitter's ability.

You should look up stats again, cause Reggie had many years of being the best or one of the best in the league. Lets remove Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Kirby, McCovey, anyone who didnt have the best stats for 10 years then.

[AM]

I have no problem with Kirby and McCovey not being included in HOF.

Catchers and middle infielders are not the same as outfielders. Bench was a dominant player at his position. And Morgan was a 2-time MVP & gold glove second baseman - check out his stolen bases, on base pct.

Both were superior players to Reggie Jackson.

The HOF is not perfect - I can draft a list of players who shouldn't be in there, in my opinion.

[SkubeBats]

I think today would be a good time to test Albert for steroids!!

[Bondsgloves]

I think today would be a good time to test Albert for steroids!!

No joke, I was thinking the same thing. The guy is huge!

[shoremen44]

Kyle,
Where'd you find the pics?

And my guess at the low end would be $100,000

[cliffjmp33]

Shoremen44,

MLB Authentics has a twitter account, not sure the link offhand, but they posted those last night and have posted oher items along the way with the WS. I'm sure Kyle can provide the link.

[Dach0sen0ne]

Here is their link:

http://twitter.com/#!/MLB_Authentic

Also MLB Public Relations:

http://twitter.com/#!/MLB_PR

Here is the jersey he wore in case you don't like twitter.

[freddiefreeman5]

But Reggie's three homeruns were better, cause they clinched the world series and were on 3 pitches. And Jackson had a good age, his career post season is .278 but hit .450 in 1977 World Series, yeah thats not a good average huh.

I was talking about his average during the regular season's.
Jackson only had a .262 lifetime regular season average and only had 100 + RBI 6 times out of 21 years.

[freddiefreeman5]

I also see how anyone would have thought I was talking about his playoff average instead of his regular season average.

I am not a big believer in great playoff player = great player. The player needs to help his team get to the playoffs too.

[sox83cubs84]

Nice turnaround by #5...he went from being a goat for his error and his no-show for interviews (with some justification) to making history and tying several World Series records (with total justification).

Dave Miedema