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01-06-2016, 07:04 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Newest Cooperstown Inductees
Ken Griffey, Jr. and Mike Piazza have been voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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01-06-2016, 07:10 PM
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The Herd on the HOF, this was today's show.
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01-06-2016, 07:27 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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01-06-2016, 07:30 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
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Like both of these. Loved Piazza's swing.
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01-06-2016, 08:24 PM
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Anyone at this site could have stole a base off Piazza. I'm talking today not 30 years ago when most of us could run. Hall Of The Pretty Good.
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01-06-2016, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MutuelClerk
Anyone at this site could have stole a base off Piazza. I'm talking today not 30 years ago when most of us could run. Hall Of The Pretty Good.
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He didn't get in for his defensive abilities, but I'm sure you're aware of that. Now if you want to say he used PEDs and therefore should not get in, you might have a better case.
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01-06-2016, 09:36 PM
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Does anyone have the names of the 3 yoyos who decided Ken Griffey, Jr. wasn't good enough for the Hall of Fame. Baseball writers have always been the most pompous asses amongst the sports media
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01-06-2016, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by barahona44
Does anyone have the names of the 3 yoyos who decided Ken Griffey, Jr. wasn't good enough for the Hall of Fame. Baseball writers have always been the most pompous asses amongst the sports media
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I was just going to ask the same thing. These non voters need to be outed.
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01-06-2016, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by barahona44
Does anyone have the names of the 3 yoyos who decided Ken Griffey, Jr. wasn't good enough for the Hall of Fame. Baseball writers have always been the most pompous asses amongst the sports media
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Beat me to the punch on this. WTF were they thinking?
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01-06-2016, 10:47 PM
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Pace Cappa
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Its a shame Tim Raines didnt get in, He has one last shot in 2017.
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01-06-2016, 11:12 PM
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The entire process needs to be reviewed. I'm a Tiger fan, it angers me that Trammell gets sucked along for 15 years and doesn't make it. If he only did backflips he would have been a lock. Ron Santo was sucked along the same way, dies and gets voted in. One vote, either you make it or you don't. Totally agree about the three writers leaving Griffey off their ballots. Take away their ballots. Barry Bonds at age 42 in his last season had an OPS of 1.042 We were arguing at work the other day about the two biggest "criminals" held out of the Hall and who was a better player. Bonds or Rose? It amazed me the majority took Rose. In my mind it isn't even close and I loved Rose as a player.
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01-06-2016, 11:27 PM
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How many here saw Griffey Jr play class A ball? He briefly played for The California league's San Bernardino Spirit when I lived in North San Bernardino in the late 80's. He wasn't even there a half season. He was the team's best hitter, including power and the best fielder without even trying. He was kind of a hot dog playing CF, purposely breaking slow on balls and then quickly running them down. Made a lot of over the shoulder and sliding catches. I have went to way more A-ball games than the Majors, just as entertaining to me and 1/5 the price for everything.
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01-07-2016, 01:05 AM
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Bombardier
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Originally Posted by Stillriledup
I was just going to ask the same thing. These non voters need to be outed.
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And publicly shamed. And have their HOF voting rights revoked.
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01-07-2016, 01:07 AM
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@TimeformUSfigs
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Originally Posted by barahona44
Does anyone have the names of the 3 yoyos who decided Ken Griffey, Jr. wasn't good enough for the Hall of Fame. Baseball writers have always been the most pompous asses amongst the sports media
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Same crap with Cal Ripken, Tom Seaver, and many other sure fire first ballot locks. It is ridiculous.
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01-07-2016, 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
How many here saw Griffey Jr play class A ball? He briefly played for The California league's San Bernardino Spirit when I lived in North San Bernardino in the late 80's. He wasn't even there a half season. He was the team's best hitter, including power and the best fielder without even trying. He was kind of a hot dog playing CF, purposely breaking slow on balls and then quickly running them down. Made a lot of over the shoulder and sliding catches. I have went to way more A-ball games than the Majors, just as entertaining to me and 1/5 the price for everything.
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I saw a tweet today, his Upper Deck Rookie Card was actually a picture from that minor league team "Photoshopped" or whatever they did back in 1989 with Mariners garb.
Story on how it came to be #1 in the set:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14...o-1-upper-deck
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