Is Cito Gaston on the road to Cooperstown?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...seems a fair time to ask whether he might one day be considered for baseball's Hall of Fame. This week's election of former Cardinals (and Royals, Angels and Rangers manager) Whitey Herzog to...
Blog | December 09, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Harvey became "God" ... but even then, he was one classy umpire. * I don't think the Hall of Fame's machinery will even consider Bill James as a candidate while he's working for the...
Blog | December 09, 2009Revisiting Edgar Martinez
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...of Norm Cash, Boog Powell or Jack Clark good, but short of the standard for the Hall of Fame. When I wrote about Martinez last week, I cited his excellent wins above replacement (WAR) and...
Blog | December 07, 2009Was Marvin Miller robbed?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...MacPhail and John Schuerholz. Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson both were brilliant baseball players, and the Hall of Fame was originally intended to do one thing: honor brilliant baseball players. There's nothing in the...
Blog | December 07, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...kind of a manager was Gene Mauch (who fell far, far short of election to the Hall of Fame yesterday)? Well, as Chris Jaffe notes, Mauc sure did like his double plays. * So the Moneyball...
Blog | December 07, 2009Hall adds manager, umpire, no exec
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotYou'll pardon me if I'm not leading three cheers for the Hall of Fame's Veterans Committee(s). There were two lists of candidates, one of them loaded with outstanding...
Blog | December 07, 2009Seven deserve Veterans election
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comRob Neyer lists Billy Martin, Doug Harvey and Bob Howsam among seven who deserve election by the Hall of Fame's Veterans Committee.
Story | Conversation | December 04, 2009
Should Edgar be Hall's first DH?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...other position. Further, just as the best first baseman and the best shortstop belong in the Hall of Fame, so the best designated hitter belongs in the Hall of Fame." That's nonsense. The best...
Blog | December 04, 2009Why Dale Murphy is still waiting
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...this category has to be Murphy. If a baseball writer in 1986 had questioned Murphy's Hall of Fame candidacy, he'd have been laughed out of the BBWAA. Except Murphy's not in the...
Blog | December 03, 2009Does Big Mac belong in the Coop?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotTuesday it was Fred McGriff, so naturally our next Hall of Fame candidate is Mark McGwire. Why naturally? Be patient, my friends. All shall be revealed. First, let...
Blog | December 02, 2009What Wagner brings to Braves
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotWhat Wagner brings to Braves
Story | Conversation | December 02, 2009What Wagner brings to Braves
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...tickets punched for Cooperstown, but I'm not so sure about Wagner. I suspect that future Hall of Fame voters will look at saves and remember dominance, and right now: 1) Wagner has fewer saves...
Blog | December 02, 2009Fisking the Crime Dog's candidacy
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotYesterday in a post about the BBWAA's Hall of Fame ballot, I listed four candidates who aren't obvious (to me, anyway) ... There are four other...
Blog | December 01, 2009Vetting the BBWAA's Hall candidates
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotThere are some tough ones on the BBWAA's Hall of Fame ballot this year. Sure, there are some not-so-tough ones, too. First-timers Roberto Alomar...
Blog | November 30, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...and I would agree about just about everything. Except when it comes to this year's Hall of Fame ballot, we agree about almost nothing. * Bright young people are always asking me how to get...
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