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steve kSportswriters are some of the worst prima donnas on this planet. Who knows what goes through their minds sometimes. Being from Philly - we have some sportswriters who range from being unknowledgable to half-senile, although there are some good ones. I can imagine a Mays or Mantle who both had a little "arrogant" streak running through them, hissing off some sportswriter and then that sportswriter unfairly disses him on the first ballot. But how can anyone dislike Tom Seaver!!!
Also - on Kiner...very easy call...yes he had a shortened career because of injury but those are the tough breaks. His 369 career HR's for a strictly pure power hitter should not be good enough for the HOF. And of course stats don't always tell the whole story especially with pitchers. Koufax's career stats aren't that great but nobody would say he's not a HOFer. Dave Kingman had more HR's than Kiner but probably only his mother would think that Kingman should be in the Hall. Kingman was the best clutch HR hitter I ever saw when his team was up or down 15 - 0 with no one on base. LOL