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Posted By: howard

It's not remarkable that Evers was considered the veteran leader of the team as he was their oldest player. But that is not the same thing as driving a team to the pennant. The value of veteran leadership is debatable. Joe Girardi and Darren Erstad are credited by some as being veteran leaders of championship teams. In my opinion this does not make them great it makes them overrated.

Yes, Hollocher, Terry and Merkle would likely not be HOFers if a poem had been written of them. But I'd bet that if Harry Steinfeldt was included in the poem he would be in the Hall today with Tinker, Evers and Chance.