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petecldI always get criticized quite soundly when I express the same sentiment among my friends. Heck, I've even had bar peanuts tossed at me.
NOTE: Don't ever say out loud in a bar near Wrigley Field that Santo doesn't belong in the Hall unless you like peanuts.
The Hall of Fame should be a place for the BEST - not the above average or those who played long enough to get to a certain "magic" number.
Sutton, Niekro, Maz, Bunning - shouldn't be Hall-of-Famers. Ron Santo, Bert Blyleven, Mattingly, Gooden, Jim Rice, Gary Carter - all were really good, above average players but, no, I just can't see them in the Hall.