Just a word to the wise for Hall of Fame voters.
Historical reference isn't just a comparison to other retired players but to current active players. If every schmoe gets in then we will have a hall bursting with hundreds and hundreds of players.
I checked the historical numbers and please note there are 30 players with more than 400 homers and 18 of those players are still active and will be putting up even more numbers in the coming seasons.
There are a whopping 77 players with over 1,000 RBIs. David Ortiz should hit more than 900 homers in his career by the time it's done (if he can have a pretty good 2016 in MLB which will give him 4 more seasons in the TBGBL) plus he is one of 8 players over or very close to 2,000 RBIs...
By anyone's standards I think excellence plus longevity need to go hand in hand. In MLB there are many. many players who were elite for a short period of time and disappeared. Obviously not hall of famers.
I'd hate to see players in the Hall of Fame who had a couple of good seasons but ended up with numbers no better than Mark Reynolds (304 HR, 776 runs, 835 RBIs)....
Just saying....
Historical reference isn't just a comparison to other retired players but to current active players. If every schmoe gets in then we will have a hall bursting with hundreds and hundreds of players.
I checked the historical numbers and please note there are 30 players with more than 400 homers and 18 of those players are still active and will be putting up even more numbers in the coming seasons.
There are a whopping 77 players with over 1,000 RBIs. David Ortiz should hit more than 900 homers in his career by the time it's done (if he can have a pretty good 2016 in MLB which will give him 4 more seasons in the TBGBL) plus he is one of 8 players over or very close to 2,000 RBIs...
By anyone's standards I think excellence plus longevity need to go hand in hand. In MLB there are many. many players who were elite for a short period of time and disappeared. Obviously not hall of famers.
I'd hate to see players in the Hall of Fame who had a couple of good seasons but ended up with numbers no better than Mark Reynolds (304 HR, 776 runs, 835 RBIs)....
Just saying....
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