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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

And I'm sure many of you will disagreee with a lot of what I say, but, in general, there are far too many players in the Hall of Fame.

I just ran through the list of names and broke them into two categories - "questionable" (not necessarily in a negative context, but rather those for whom a passionate argument could be made that they are not of such superior talent that they unquestionably belong) and "no freakin' way" (self-explanatory). My rationale is that I didn't think they'd be in the top 25 - 50 or 51 - 100 all-time players for overall performance (batting, fielding, running and intangibles) at their position.

I know this is flawed, but opinions are like noses - everybody has one.

Let the fighting begin!

Catcher - Questionable - Ferrell, Lombardi, Schalk

First - Questionable - Bottomley, Chance, Sisler, Terry
No Way - Beckley, Kelly

Second - Questionable - Evers, Mazeroski, McPhee

Third - Questionable - Kell, Lindstrom

Shortstop - Questionable - Bancroft, Jackson, Maranville, Tinker, Wallace

Outfield - Questionable - Carey, Clarke, Combs, Cuyler, Flick, Hooper, Keeler, Kelley, Kelly, Klein, O'Rourke, Rice, Thompson, Waner, Wheat, Youngs
No Way - Hafey, McCarthy

Pitcher - Questionable - Bunning, Drysdale, Lemon, Lyons, McGinnity, Newhouser, Niekro, Plank, Radbourne, Rusie, Sutton, Wilhelm, Wynn, Vance
No Way - Coveleskie, Faber, Fingers, Grimes, Gomez, Hoyt, Hunter, Joss, Keefe, Pennock, Rixey, Ruffing, Waddell