Posted By:
Chris CountsPeter,
Your comparison between Jack Morris and Don Drysdale illustrates just how biased the HOF voters are. Quite literally, it's worth more to a player to be a Dodger than Tiger. I try to make the same point in the debate between Pee Wee Reese and Alan Trammell. Here's another example of the type of inconsistency I'm referring to ...
Which one of these pitchers is in the HOF?
1) He started in 1930, played 14 years, won 189 games, lost 102 and had a 3.34 ERA
2) He also started in 1930, played 15 years, won 192 games, lost 121 and had a 3.18 ERA
One is Lefty Gomez, who just about everyone concedes is a legit HOFer; the other is Lon Warneke, whose name never comes up when the HOF is discussed. Now what if Warnecke was the one playing for the Yankees ...