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Posted By: Bob

If only AL HOF pitchers were voting, Tony Oliva would be a shoo-in. Before he crippled both knees he was the most feared hitter in baseball in the minds of guys like Jim Palmer and the others who faced him according to interviews with him. If Kirby Puckett is in, not letting Tony O in would be a sin. If he had played in New York, he would already be in. All those batting titles, that rifle of an arm and speed and the demeanor of an Ernie Banks.
I'd like to see Jim Kaat get in to but if he does and Bert Byleven doesn't make it eventually something is terribly wrong...