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jay behrensDecon Phillippe was a great pitcher on the great Pirates teams that dominated the NL for so long.
As for the they way players are voted in to the HOF, I personally think it stupid as hell. When the HOF first started it made sense becuase they didn't wnat to put everyone in at once, but now, carrying over players from year to year is idiotic. A player either belongs or he doesn't. 5 years after he retires, they vote on whether or not he belongs. If he doesn't get 75%, then so long and thanks for the memories. A player's career does not get better with age, and 5 years is plenty off time to see how he rated versus the players of his day.
Personally, I think someone needs to start an International Baseball HOF, that way, they weed out all the dreck voted in by the veterns committee and get players like Saduhara Oh in there.
Jay