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Originally Posted by murphusa
but I am more of a puriest and I don't believe half of those in belong. The reason we have a HOF was so the town could attracked visitors and make money. Over the years baseball has helped them do just that by putting in marginal players
Santo joins, Doerr, Phil R, Richie and a bunch of others who were good but not the best.
I can even say Ripkin is also in that group. Yeah I know a million AllStar games etc except he was the best player on a bad team most years and his streak hurt the team
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This post is wrong on so many levels. A purist would actually want Santo in -- the definition of a purist is one who adheres strictly and often excessively to tradition; the HOF right from its early decades, established a tradition of not just electing the greatest of the great, but also that second tier of players who are below Ruth and Gehrig and Cobb (some of them far below). Santo by the way, lands squarely in the middle when ranking HOF third basemen.
The idea that Ripken doesn't belong in the Hall is just plain silly, but then again people who can't spell Ripken probably shouldn't be offering opinions on Cal.
Greg