HOF - Wow

[Vintagedeputy]

Re: HOF - Wow

other than the stolen bases, I'm curious as to what other "Hall of Fame" worthy stats Tim Raines has?

A .294 career BA over 23 seasons, batted .290 or better in 11 of those seasons. Many more of those remaining seasons were at .270-.280 +.

A 7 time All Star

1987 All Star game MVP

1986 Silver Slugger

1986 NL Batting Champ

Led the league in runs scored in 1983 and 1987

Led the NL in SB's for 4 seasons and was #2,#3 or #4 on that list 5 more times.

808 careers SB's (5th all time). A few seasons he actually had more SB's than Henderson.

Being a huge baseball fan in the 80's, I feel Raines was every bit as good as Sandberg, Puckett, and any number of other with similar numbers who are in the HOF.

[byergo]

Re: HOF - Wow

Like I said, Larkin isn't even close to being HOF caliber. A guy with no power (under 200 HR's) needs 3,000 hits to get in. He's 660 short. That's a long, long way from even being considered a possibility. A guy way short on hits with no power and only 3 gold gloves. And probably on roids as well. Give me a break!

How did this guy win an MVP in 1995? He hit .319 with 15 HR's and 66 RBI's. Has to be one of the weakest MVP performances in the history of the game. What a joke.

[byergo]

Re: HOF - Wow

How about a little respect for Dan Quisenberry while we're at it? Here's a guy that should be considered at least a borderline candidate. He got 3.8% of the vote. What if he were a Yankee?

http://www.yorkblog.com/southpaw/2009/08/player-appreciation-dan-quisenberry.html

[dirtyla2000]

Re: HOF - Wow

A .294 career BA over 23 seasons, batted .290 or better in 11 of those seasons. Many more of those remaining seasons were at .270-.280 +.

A 7 time All Star

1987 All Star game MVP

1986 Silver Slugger

1986 NL Batting Champ

Led the league in runs scored in 1983 and 1987

Led the NL in SB's for 4 seasons and was #2,#3 or #4 on that list 5 more times.

808 careers SB's (5th all time). A few seasons he actually had more SB's than Henderson.

Being a huge baseball fan in the 80's, I feel Raines was every bit as good as Sandberg, Puckett, and any number of other with similar numbers who are in the HOF.

yeh yeh,you da man!

[3arod13]

Re: HOF - Wow

Is it fair to say that Robbie Alomar came within "spitting" distance this week of making the Hall of Fame?

[dirtyla2000]

Re: HOF - Wow

Is it fair to say that Robbie Alomar came within "spitting" distance this week of making the Hall of Fame?

do you think moments before the hof announcement he was SALIVATING

[MikeM]

Re: HOF - Wow

Did everyone forget his finger pointing rant in congress. He too is a coward who commited purgery and then fell off the face of the planet without an explanation.What a role model,what a hero,what a loser!!!!!

Well, at least he finally was honest and completely admitted to using performance enhancing drugs to the public.


And by that I'm talking about his ad campaign for Viagra.