OT: Did Adam Dunn ruin his Hall chances

[chaddurbin]

beltre is one of my favorite players...and on his current trajectory should be a hof'er. if he was white and in ny he would've locked it up already.

edit: and dunn...lol! i'm not gonna even.

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

beltre is one of my favorite players...and on his current trajectory should be a hof'er. if he was white and in ny he would've locked it up already.

What does NY have to do w/ anything?
If there is such a NY bias, then why isn't Munson & Mattingly in?
And does anyone think Bernie Williams, Paul O'Neill, ANdy Pettite, Mike Mussina are shoe-ins?

[chaddurbin]

mussina should be in...

in what other cities would bernie and paul o'neill be even in the discussion??? i've never thought of them as legit cases.

pettite obviously no way (10 other ped guys would get in first before pettite).

[calvindog]

I don't think Mussina belongs or Mattingly/Munson. Dunn definitely not. McGriff was a far superior player, no? He had 6 top 10 MVP finishes compared to 0 for Dunn.

[packs]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

mussina should be in...

in what other cities would bernie and paul o'neill be even in the discussion??? i've never thought of them as legit cases.

Come on. Bernie Williams was a great centerfielder. Five seasons in which he drove in and scored 100 runs. Perennial all star switch hitter who played gold glove defense. Absolutely clutch when it mattered. Not a HOFer but you can't take anything away from him.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

beltre is one of my favorite players...and on his current trajectory should be a hof'er. if he was white and in ny he would've locked it up already.

It's got to be tough, thinking that way. I'm sure Beltre does not.

[Peter_Spaeth]

He had a very nice year in Boston, I didn't and don't understand why there wasn't more of an effort to keep him. He is only 35 and playing as well as ever, looking at his numbers he should be a pretty compelling case especially if he gets to 3000 hits.