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TBobApples and oranges in comparing Puckett and Koufax. Both deserve to be in. If you want to compare Puckett to someone who doesn't belong in the Hall, compare him to Drysdale.
Koufax a supernova and Kirby not? I think a lot of this has to do with the LA-Hollywood-hype machine and Kirby playing in the North Woods. Koufax and Drysdale were on network sitcoms all the time in cameo roles, Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, hell I think they were even on the Beverly Hillbillies once.
Koufax burned brightly but anyone who watched the 91 World Series knows Kirb did too. He was a goodwill ambassador for baseball and a genuinely good man. Besides Koufax wasn't the all-to-end-all like some of you think. I am old enough to have watched him in his prime and I watched Gibson and Marichal too, and it was close, really close. All I know (and I am no Cardinal fan) is if I had one game to win and could pick any pitcher from any time period and any team to pitch for me, I would take Bob Gibson.