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Originally Posted by Beatles Guy
I'll get in line for Ted Simmons. It's a travesty he's not in. Also, I'll throw my hat in for Hodges and Santo.
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Today's HOF reminds me of a strategy I had as a kid to acquire Batman #1: you start off with #100, find someone to trade for #99, then trade that for #98. You couldn't get to #1, but you could easily end up at around #10 or so.
With the HOF, you have a guy who averages 100 RBIs a year for 20 years and you decide he's in. So what about a guy who averages 99 a year for 19 years? Answer: close enough. Eventually you end up with guys like Phil Rizzuto.
With pitchers, you have a guy who has a 2.50 ERA over 10 years. So what about a guy who has 2.60 for 11 years? Or 2.90 for 15 years? Eventually you end up with guys like Niekro and Sutton.
So yeah, put Ted Simmons in. It's 2011, not 1936.