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Originally Posted by John1941

How is Riggs Stephenson an "egregious oversight" if he wasn't good enough to be a regular? He had four years as a regular out 14 major league seasons. (I understand that was complicated a little by injuries, but people don't get elected on "might-have-beens.") To me he seems to be roughly equivalent to John Kruk.

Well, he was injured playing college football, which ruined his throwing arm (people find that interesting). He has a greater than .300 lifetime MLB batting average (people find that interesting, too). He's going into the book. If that offends you, sorry, there's no debate. Don't buy or read the book, if it gets published if it bothers you. It bothers me, a lot, given that he was a household name when he played for the Cubs, that he's not in the HOF. I know this because of all the old scrapbooks I have. Him and guys like him are the whole point of the book idea. If you're going to put McGriff, Rolen and Baines in, while overlooking household names from the past, well, that's why I intend to publish this book.