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Originally Posted by djson1
I still don't understand why Garvey and Mattingly are NOT in while other guys are (I won't mention them here). What were the reasons again? I remember in the '80s broadcasters would talk about how they thought Garvey was a shoe-in...same with Mattingly. What happened after they retired? Were the memories not that great?  (and don't tell me it had to do with Garvey's illegitimate kids). |
It all comes down to numbers. If you look at Mattingy's and compare them to guys in the HOF that played his position, or even not his position, his numbers just aren't quite good enough.
Mattingly was a good ball player, but not a HOF'er in my book. He just didn't play long enough.