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Posted By: jay behrens

Seems a number of people have real problems with putting a reliever in the HOF. Why is that? They are just as important to a team these days as any other player on the team. There will also come a time when a DH will desrve to go to the Hall, namely Edgar Martinez.

There is a strong possibility that we may never see another 300 game winner in our lifetime because of the way the game is now played. How do we measure starters then? Ks are a worthless stat now because hitters don't care anymore if they strike out.

I really don't have a problem with putting the top player or 2 from each position for each 10 year stretch. The game changes a lot over that time and it's impossible to compare players over different eras no matter how hard Bill James and everyone else tries.

Name a more dominant reliever in the 70s than Fingers. Same goes for Sutter and Quisenberry. In the late 70s early 80s there was no more feared hitter than Jim Rice. In the 80s there was no better pitcher in that decade than Jack Morris. Yes, Clemens and Gooden were there half the decade, but Morris was THE pitcher in AL for almost the entire 80s, yet people still don't think he belongs.

Just another name to throw out there on the who's out but should be in, Bobby Grich.

Jay