Who Should Be in the Hall that isn't

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by calvindog

He was roundly recognized as the best first baseman of his time by not just the press but his peers as well.

Oh, I don't doubt Chase's skills for a second...and imagine how much better his fielding numbers would have been if he didn't take so many payoffs to make errors .

Cheers,
Blair

[NYHighlanderFan]

Though more deserve it, at least the baseball HoF doesn't feel like they have to put six or eight guys in every year like the football HoF does!

[Frank A]

Just a question to you guys who picked Pete Rose. Do you honestly believe that if he was in debt enough to his bookie that he would not have thrown a game as manager? The man is a complete liar and addicted to gambling. He should never get in.

[FrankWakefield]

I almost agree with Frank A above...

I'm ok with Pete getting in, any day he buys an admission ticket, just like the rest of us. That's the only way he gets into the Hall.

Anyone who can't see that should read The Fix Is In: A History of Baseball Gambling ... - by Daniel E Ginsburg , one fine book. It really opens one's eyes to what has been done in the game. It addresses Pete's escapades, and many more before that... in the majors and minors. A well written, thorough book.

[Mark]

Larry Doyle, Art Nehf, Babe Adams, Harry Stovey, Ron Santo, Heine Groh.