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Originally Posted by bdk1976
Best all around player in his prime? I’ll have some of what you are smoking!
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For once I'm smoking the same stuff as Packs. There was a period during Mattingly's career where I would have bet the house he was a shoe-in for the HOF. Then the injuries hit and his career ended quickly - too quickly. If he had pulled a Koufax or Jim Brown, he'd be in. Or we could subtract his best four years and replace them with twelve of his lesser years, for a total of twenty-two, and he'd get in as an 'almost great' via longevity, ala Phil Niekro, Bert Blyleven, Gaylord Perry or Don Sutton.