[D. Bergin]

Mize would have gotten in a lot quicker today. He had the type of underlying stats that today's analysts love, and have found to be more relevant to winning then formerly thought.

He just didn't get to those magical and arbitrary compilation numbers that were more relevant for power hitters then, than they are now.

I remember Mize getting in pretty well, in 1981, because I was in the 6th grade, and my 6th grade history teacher then, was a huuuuge Johnny Mize fan, for a reason that still eludes me to this day.

He had Johnny Mize stuff posted in the classroom, he would collect Johnny Mize cards and memorabilia, and he celebrated openly in the classroom when Mize finally got in the HOF.

He loved me, because I was a little baseball history nerd, even then. When we had to do a big front of the class presentation on the topic of our choice, that counted for a big portion of our grade...I did a presentation on Baseball History...snuck a little bit on Johnny Mize in there...and got a no doubt A+ on the assignment.

LOL, might have been the last A+ I ever got in my school career. Might have also been the last time I didn't have a full on panic attack, when having to speak in front of a bunch of people at one time.