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Originally Posted by UKCardGuy
But is he really less deserving than Richie Ashburn, Ron Santo and Bill Mazeroski?
If he's ever elected to Cooperstown, would a bump in his card prices likely follow?
Let the debate begin!
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The reason why the above mention players and guys like Rizzuto got into the Hall of fame is because they never left the public eye. They were sportscasters or broadcasters for their respective teams. Maz even had his own Magazine for years. Santo even openly campaigned for inclusion into the Hall. They were ambassadors of the game and were wildly popular with the fans.
This point was illustrated in the NFL last year when Bill "I am on the CBS pregame show every week" Cowher and Jimmy "Fox Network" Johnson were elected to the Hall of Fame, where Tom Flores 2 time Super Bowl winning coach with the Raiders was barely given consideration.
Maris was not associated with the game after he retired. He valued his privacy. Also, if he hit the 61 home runs playing for the Washington Senators there would be no Hall of fame discussion.