Nominations for the Hall Of Commons - let's play.

[darkhorse9]

Bill Melton passed away. He deserves consideration

[D. Bergin]

Rick Reuschel been mentioned a couple times. Compiled a nearly 70 WAR lifetime.

Higher then Jim Palmer in the same amount of seasons and about 400 less innings.

One of the better fielding pitchers of his time.

Had a strong case for the Cy Young in 1977.

Being on bad teams, low win% and a lack of analytics at the time certainly hurt his case.

If not for about 2 1/2 seasons of missed time in the early 80's due to injuries, he might have been in the high 70's WAR wise.

Got 2 votes in 1997 and gone.

[brian1961]

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

Bill Melton passed away. He deserves consideration

Thanks for mentioning Bill Melton. I loved Bill Melton. My cherished memory of Bill is in the summer of 1971. My family and I had had a rough year. So it's late at night, the Sox game is on, and I have to be quiet 'cause we moved into this apartment complex. The White Sox had been battling the Yankees tooth and nail all game, and the Yanks had a two-run lead. Bottom of the ninth, the Sox get 2 on base, and up comes Bill Melton. Melton blasts a 3-run, walk off the field home run, and it's as if, things are going to be ok again. I am jumping up and down, screaming SILENTLY! Made me a Bill Melton fan for life. Man, that was some moment.

I think I'd put Bill Melton into the hall of very good. By the looks of the NET, a lot of other people must have loved Bill. It's never a good time to say goodbye to a hero that meant something to you. --- Brian Powell

[sports-cards-forever]

Thurman Munson - All day.

[ASF123]

Originally Posted by brian1961

Thanks for mentioning Bill Melton. I loved Bill Melton. My cherished memory of Bill is in the summer of 1971. My family and I had had a rough year. So it's late at night, the Sox game is on, and I have to be quiet 'cause we moved into this apartment complex. The White Sox had been battling the Yankees tooth and nail all game, and the Yanks had a two-run lead. Bottom of the ninth, the Sox get 2 on base, and up comes Bill Melton. Melton blasts a 3-run, walk off the field home run, and it's as if, things are going to be ok again. I am jumping up and down, screaming SILENTLY! Made me a Bill Melton fan for life. Man, that was some moment.

I think I'd put Bill Melton into the hall of very good. By the looks of the NET, a lot of other people must have loved Bill. It's never a good time to say goodbye to a hero that meant something to you. --- Brian Powell

That’s a great story. I have similar feelings about Derrek Lee - in 2005 I was having a rough time dealing with the breakup of a long-term relationship in December 2004. The season Lee had in ‘05 was really something else. It was a much-needed distraction.