Biggest Jerks in the HOF

[Donscards]

I went to a show in the early 80's Willie could hear then---Very degrading person--he was being paid to sign and he wouldnt look up or chat--just grunt or yell---one of the worst in the Hall----I guess we can give Pete Rose a pass!!

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Donscards

I went to a show in the early 80's Willie could hear then---Very degrading person--he was being paid to sign and he wouldnt look up or chat--just grunt or yell---one of the worst in the Hall----I guess we can give Pete Rose a pass!!

I think we all should be more realistic. Willie never stood on the shoulders of others...they were HIS shoulders...and everyone you see on color TV these days stands on his shoulders...and Hank's & and Ernie's and of course Jackie's. Willie never made a million...not even close. Our sports 'heroes' are just like anyone else, entitled to having a bad day. Walk a mile in their shoes and try to understand.

[jb67]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

I think we all should be more realistic. Willie never stood on the shoulders of others...they were HIS shoulders...and everyone you see on color TV these days stands on his shoulders...and Hank's & and Ernie's and of course Jackie's. Willie never made a million...not even close. Our sports 'heroes' are just like anyone else, entitled to having a bad day. Walk a mile in their shoes and try to understand.

100% agree!

[Donscards]

Guys we are talking about jerks here---If you ever met Willie, you would know what I am saying---His personality is nasty, he is mean to most fans---now if we are talking about a baseball player, I always say he was one of the greatest ever--a true 5 tool player---but if we are talking about people, it is a different story for sure. He is not a happy man.

[packs]

Just for perspective, in 1973 Willie Mays is listed by Baseball Reference as having made $165,000. That doesn't sound like a lot until you consider that according to the Social Security Administration the average national wage in 1973 was $7,580. Not bad money.

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

I think we all should be more realistic. Willie never stood on the shoulders of others...they were HIS shoulders...and everyone you see on color TV these days stands on his shoulders...and Hank's & and Ernie's and of course Jackie's. Willie never made a million...not even close. Our sports 'heroes' are just like anyone else, entitled to having a bad day. Walk a mile in their shoes and try to understand.

Couldn't you say the same for Musial, Williams, Mantle, and Feller?? Yet none of those guys seem to have treated the fans the way Mays does.

[clydepepper]

I've never heard a bad thing about Hank Aaron and we must give Fergie Jenkins props for having so many 'guests' at Cubs games via this site.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I saw Spahn at a card show where he was the autograph guest, it may have been the late 90s. He seemed genuinely friendly.

Different sport, but I also happened to be shopping in downtown Boston and Bob Cousy was there for some sort of promotion where he was signing and posing for pictures. He could not have been nicer.

[RTK]

Mantle was a drunken jerk far too often. Ernie Banks should live forever, what a great ambassador for the game. Fergie Jenkins, for all he's been through in his life is genuinely a nice person.