OT: Did Adam Dunn ruin his Hall chances

[Runscott]

I was surprised he got in. To me, the HOF is for the truly great players, not just someone who is a personality with a bunch of t.v.-worthy moments and lots of time in the newspaper, along with being a very good, and well-above-average player. It's about 'great'. Unless you are a pitcher, you have to be a great hitter and a great fielder, and hitting involves average - .262 isn't a HOF batting average.

But before you start comparing Reggie to everyone else in the HOF, to me the HOF should be about half its current size.

[Dan Carson]

Who is Adam Dunn???

[Peter_Spaeth]

Scott if you were surprised Reggie made the HOF, you are the only one in the world, is my guess. You may think he doesn't deserve it, but that's a different matter.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I was surprised he got in. To me, the HOF is for the truly great players, not just someone who is a personality with a bunch of t.v.-worthy moments and lots of time in the newspaper, along with being a very good, and well-above-average player. It's about 'great'. Unless you are a pitcher, you have to be a great hitter and a great fielder, and hitting involves average - .262 isn't a HOF batting average.

But before you start comparing Reggie to everyone else in the HOF, to me the HOF should be about half its current size.

I agree, so if Reggie Jackson is a low end HOFer and his stats out rank Dunn's (and not by just a small margin) than it is obvious that Dunn is not a HOF by any stretch of the imagination.