Will Roger Maris ever get into the HOF?

[jingram058]

While Cooperstown is an amazing visit, with a collection of baseball ephemera you would expect, to me it has lost credibility with respect to who gets in and who doesn't. Thus, in my own collecting, I focus not only on who is in, but who I feel should be. I have no problem with Roger Maris going in. Likely he never will, but I would be happy if he did. I don't have any Harold Baines cards, and frankly, I don't want any. Nothing personal, I do not dislike him, but he just isn't a great ballplayer or a Hall of Famer in my opinion.

[Brianruns10]

Originally Posted by jingram058

While Cooperstown is an amazing visit, with a collection of baseball ephemera you would expect, to me it has lost credibility with respect to who gets in and who doesn't. Thus, in my own collecting, I focus not only on who is in, but who I feel should be. I have no problem with Roger Maris going in. Likely he never will, but I would be happy if he did. I don't have any Harold Baines cards, and frankly, I don't want any. Nothing personal, I do not dislike him, but he just isn't a great ballplayer or a Hall of Famer in my opinion.

Yeah I struggle a bit with Cooperstown, when Gil Hodges can't make the cut, nor Mickey Vernon. And the whole business behind Buck O'Neil's exclusion just left a bad taste in my mouth (full disclosure I'm a Kansas Citian, and therefore biased here).

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by jingram058

While Cooperstown is an amazing visit, with a collection of baseball ephemera you would expect, to me it has lost credibility with respect to who gets in and who doesn't. Thus, in my own collecting, I focus not only on who is in, but who I feel should be. I have no problem with Roger Maris going in. Likely he never will, but I would be happy if he did. I don't have any Harold Baines cards, and frankly, I don't want any. Nothing personal, I do not dislike him, but he just isn't a great ballplayer or a Hall of Famer in my opinion.

I'm with you here. I really liked Touch'emall's post. I think we should start a movement a'la Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant -
- a stream of fans walk in to the HOF one by one.
- each takes a turn to stand in front of the Harold Baines plaque
- while there, call over an attendant and ask, "Where can I see the guy who broke Babe Ruth's record?"
- Then walk out