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Posted By: dennis

slaughter lost 3 years to the war and would have came close to 3000 hits if not for this.the hall is very hard on this era of players because they lost years in service.too bad for them.how many players could be away from the game 2 or 3 years today and still compete on this high level?.please look at his first 10 years? then look at his career stats. the hall is not for only GREAT players but for very good ones..please review who's in there. we all could name 30-40 players and kick them out. but REALITY is very good players with long careers are in and some w/short career careers are in too(hafey,jackie robinson,campanella,...). i WOULD put maris in because of this...hack wilson is in(with similar stats..look 'em up)so why not maris... it's all about the FAME...maris rates..next to mantle and mays he was/is the MOST FAMOUS PLAYER OF THE 1960'S even casual fans and non fans know who he is and most of them believe he's in anyway...let him in! it won't dilute the talant pool.the main argument against letting him in is his short career while other less deserving players(w/short careers) get in.