I think Maris can be woefully underappreciated by the casual baseball watching public AND not have a HOF career. Many fans probably think he was a flash in the pan who had one good season, when this is untrue. He had several really great seasons in his career. I don't think he has the body of work to be a HOF'er, but that's a very tiny % of all players. Hall of very good? Yep! and that's pretty damn impressive in my book.
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