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02-24-2006, 03:01 PM
Posted By: <b>Chad</b><p>Just thought I'd get a debate started about who the new HOFers might be on Monday for you HOF collectors to chase. This is how I rate the candidates, 1 through 39. It's still a work in progress. I'm shocked by how far down some of these guys are. I'm really sold on Torriente and Brown being the two best. After that, it's hard. I would probably vote for everyone down to Chet Brewer and that doesn't even include Buck O'Neil. Jud Wilson was awesome, I'm pretty sure of that. Like a healthy Edgar Martinez that could play the field. Santop reminds me a lot of Joe Jackson with a little more pop and the ability to catch some. I have HR Johnson so high because even in his late 30's he was pounding the ball down in Cuba. Still, you can't lose with any of these guys down to 16. I have no idea what the committee will do, but the # of inductees should be closer to 20 than to 10, I think. I could talk about this all day, so I'll just leave this with a disclaimer that I'll be changing my mind about the order of my list from minute to minute. I'd be shocked if anyone agreed with any more than 25% of my list. A lot of the info for this list comes from Riley's Encyclopedia, Holway's compilations, various anecdotal sources and the work the folks at baseballthinkfactory.com are doing on equating Negro League statistics those of MLB. So, yeah, it's all very conjectural. VERY conjectural, which is a lot of the fun, I guess. I can't wait for Monday!<br /><br />Cristobal Torriente<br />Ray Brown<br />Jud Wilson<br />Louis Santop<br />Home Run Johnson<br />Biz Mackey<br />John Beckwith<br />Mule Suttles<br />Pete Hill<br />Dobie Moore<br />Dick Redding<br />Jose Mendez<br />Cum Posey<br />Alejandro Oms<br />Frank Grant<br />Willard Brown<br />Dick Lundy<br />Andy Cooper<br />Minnie Minoso<br />George Scales<br />Ben Taylor<br />Ghost Marcelle<br />JL Wilkinson<br />Chet Brewer<br />Spot Poles<br />Newt Allen<br />William Bell<br />Rap Dixon<br />Fats Jenkins<br />Buck O'Neil<br />John Donaldson<br />Sammy Hughes<br />Candy Jim Taylor<br />Sol White<br />CI Taylor<br />Bill Byrd<br />Red Parnell<br />Effa Manley<br />Alex Pompez<br /><br /><br />--Chad