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[GaryPassamonte]

The fact that the HOF encompasses baseball from is beginnings to the year 1980 in one category is a joke. When the man that contributed the most to in establishing the rules for baseball (Doc Adams) is not in the HOF, There is something really wrong. The HOF claims to be the claims to be the bastion of baseball history. Unfortunately, it has become a bastion of the flavor of the month.

[BioCRN]

Bill Dahlen and Jim McCormick fans in shambles.

[Exhibitman]

I don't know enough about the NL players to opine on them, but the rest are Hall of Very Good.

[packs]

I really wish they would put Glasscock on a ballot.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

The fact that the HOF encompasses baseball from is beginnings to the year 1980 in one category is a joke. When the man that contributed the most to in establishing the rules for baseball (Doc Adams) is not in the HOF, There is something really wrong. The HOF claims to be the claims to be the bastion of baseball history. Unfortunately, it has become a bastion of the flavor of the month.

As I've posted to match other sports, the BB HOF needs a "contributor" category.

Doc Adams. Lefty O'Doul. Curt Flood. etc

Rich

[Mark17]

I sent my Dick Allen GU flannel in to SGC (Dave Grob) to get evaluated/graded last week. I'm counting on him getting in and wanted to get pre-HOF pricing.

[FrankWakefield]

Rich is right about Contributors

[sbfinley]

I’m probably in the minority, but I wish the Hall of Fame would considered the PCL pre-1946 as major league service years. I don’t think it’s necessary to rewrite the record books, but guys like Lefty O’Doul, Buzz Arlett, and Jigger Statz are glaring omissions to me. I’m also of the opinion of that if the Cuban Winter League was important enough for American Baseball executives to try to dictate how the league operated it should be considered a Major League as well.

[jimmer77]

What about Dwight Evans? He seems comparable to Garvey and Parker

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jimmer77

What about Dwight Evans? He seems comparable to Garvey and Parker

WAR
38.0 Garvey
40.1 Parker
67.2 Evans
Not even close. But Evans gets no love.

[Robbie]

Bobby Grich?

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

WAR
38.0 Garvey
40.1 Parker
67.2 Evans
Not even close. But Evans gets no love.

Dwight Evans, like Bobby Grich, and Keith Hernandez straddle the 1980 cutoff, which I think puts them at a disadvantage.

Garvey and Parker straddle it too. The difference is that unlike Hernandez, Evans or Grich, neither Parker nor Garvey were very productive after 1980, when they hit 30 years old. Yet Garvey and Parker seem to be favored by the committees.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

As I've posted to match other sports, the BB HOF needs a "contributor" category.

Doc Adams. Lefty O'Doul. Curt Flood. etc

Rich

Would also get guys like Joe Torre and Dusty Baker for their total body of work since they were very good to great players and highly successful managers. Yes Torre got in and Baker will as just managers, but they were much more than just HOF Managers.