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Sliding Billy
08-30-2006, 03:20 PM
I hope this thread is relevant to this forum.

In Hall-of-Fame debates, sometimes great players emerge beaten about the head and shoulders because, great as they are, they are perceived as undeserving of baseball's highest accolade.

What's your lineup of the best players who (a) are eligible for the Hall of Fame, (b) not in the Hall of Fame, (c) shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame, (c) probably will never go into the Hall of Fame (though goodness knows what may happen eventually)?

I think of them as the gatekeepers: "If you want to get in, you have to get by me."

Just off the top of my head:

C Darrell Porter
1B Gil Hodges
2B Willie Randolph
3B Ken Boyer
SS Bert Campaneris
LF Roy White
CF Dom Dimaggio
RF Tony Oliva

P1 Lon Warneke
P2 Luis Tiant
P3 Bucky Walters
P4 Tommy Bridges
P5 Orel Hershiser
RP Dan Quisenberry
RuthMayBond
08-30-2006, 04:17 PM
I hope this thread is relevant to this forum.

In Hall-of-Fame debates, sometimes great players emerge beaten about the head and shoulders because, great as they are, they are perceived as undeserving of baseball's highest accolade.

What's your lineup of the best players who (a) are eligible for the Hall of Fame, (b) not in the Hall of Fame, (c) shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame, (c) probably will never go into the Hall of Fame (though goodness knows what may happen eventually)?

I think of them as the gatekeepers: "If you want to get in, you have to get by me."

Just off the top of my head:

C Darrell Porter
1B Gil Hodges
2B Willie Randolph
3B Ken Boyer
SS Bert Campaneris
LF Roy White
CF Dom Dimaggio
RF Tony Oliva

P1 Lon Warneke
P2 Luis Tiant
P3 Bucky Walters
P4 Tommy Bridges
P5 Orel Hershiser
RP Dan QuisenberryI'll go with
SP-Tommy Bridges
SP-Rick Reuschel
SP-Bob Caruthers
SP-Silver King
RP-Jesse Orosco
C-we probably won't count Brian Downing, so Munson
1B-Mark Grace
2B-we probably won't count Tony Phillips orJulio Franco, so Larry Doyle?
3B-Madlock?
SS-Vern Stephens?
LF-George Foster?
CF-Paul Hines?
RF-Paul O'Neill

Geez, you guys have had to put up with me for 12,000 posts
STLCards2
08-30-2006, 04:36 PM
I'll go with
SP-Tommy Bridges
SP-Joe McGinnity
SP-Bob Caruthers
SP-Silver King
RP-Jesse Orosco
C-we probably won't count Brian Downing, so Munson
1B-Mark Grace
2B-we probably won't count Tony Phillips orJulio Franco, so Larry Doyle?
3B-Madlock?
SS-Vern Stephens?
LF-George Foster?
CF-Paul Hines?
RF-Paul O'Neill

Joe Mcginnity is in the Hall of fame.
RuthMayBond
08-30-2006, 06:42 PM
Joe Mcginnity is in the Hall of fame.Whoops, obviously my brain isn't. Let's replace him with Rick Reuschel
SkullCap92
08-30-2006, 06:48 PM
Would any of you guys put Mattingly on your list because I personally think he should be in.
RuthMayBond
08-30-2006, 06:53 PM
Would any of you guys put Mattingly on your list because I personally think he should be in.He's really close but I don't think he's quite as good as Grace