Is Baseball's Hall of Fame Overpopulated? ...or

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by HOF Yankees

Lee Smith needs to be in top 5 in saves c'mon, excersley and fingers have less and they are in

I personally know Lee Smith, and he is a true Hall of Famer. The job the current baseball writers are doing is a joke. Talk about politics.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by kmac32

I personally know Lee Smith, and he is a true Hall of Famer. The job the current baseball writers are doing is a joke. Talk about politics.

I've heard that before, and I'd like to see him in as well. He had a lot of saves just before the era when the closers were used nearly every game and saves became very common. Along with a couple other guys he probably formed the profile for the modern closer.

I think the difference between him and Eckersley and Fingers (And Gossage and Rivera) Is they were nearly automatic an occasional bad outing, but usually no problems at all. Smith, at least while with the Red Sox was an adventure more often than not. Still got the job done, but it always made you nervous watching.

Steve B