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Mike (18colt)The question for this thread is about who deserves to be in the HOF (not necessarily who can be enshrined and who cannot).
On a vintage board, no one has named Shoeless Joe Jackson yet? (Banned, yes. Acquitted, yes. Deserves to get in based on playing career, yes.)
One more -- a former league MVP, World Series MVP, Clemente Award winner (good community work), Gold Glove winner, and 17-time all-star who batted over .300 for his career, is 2nd in career doubles, could play multiple positions, wasn't a horrible manager, had a lot of the "intangibles" (see Jeter thread), and happens to be the all-time hits leader -- Pete Rose. Those of us that watched him play (not necessarily manage or conduct himself in interviews or courtrooms or informercials) cannot argue against that part of his career.
Just my two cents.
Mike (18colt)