Talk about Shore, etc. made me wonder: What SHOULD keep a guy out of the HOF?

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Posted By: jay behrens

Steve, it's people like you that irk me on the Koufax subject because you treat him like a god when he was far from it. He was less than mortal for more years than he was god-like. And comparing Koufax to DiMaggion is just plain bad. DiMaggio was great from the get go.

I've never said Koufax shouldn't be in the HOF. He just shouldn't be getting the god-like worship that Steve and others give him. And as others have mentioned, there is no way he top 10 material, other than peak performance. The only players that get the tag "There is no debate they are top 10" is Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Ted Williams, Lefty Grove, Christie Mathewson, Honus Wagner and Willie Mays. I'd put Bonds in there, but I know there are people that will debate this for all the wrong reasons.

Jay