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Posted By: davidcycleback

My theory on a Hall of Fame is that you have to be able to make a good on the field team from the members. And if you can't field a good team from the members, it ain't much of a Hall of Fame. This is why you need an Ozzie Smith and a Dennis Eckersley in the Hall. If the Hall was made up of all Mickey Mantles, you couldn't field a winning team ... If a baseball fan says there should be four Mickey Mantle-types for every one Ozzie Smith-type in the Hall, I won't argue. But you still need a great fielding shortstop to field a great team.

Similarly, a football fan might argue that a place kicker doesn't belong in the Hall of Fame. However, if you need a good place kicker to field a great football team for this NFL season, my opinion is there has to be a kicker in the Hall of Fame.