Re: My Hall of Fame Ballot
Jim Rice
Goose Gossage
and that's it.
No McGwire -- way too one-dimensional, when that dimension seems tainted. The most apt comparison is Dave Kingman, who certainly was no HOFer.
Bert Blyleven is borderline -- he pitched for an awful lot of bad teams, and I suppose I probably end up voting for him.
Trevor Hoffman and Mariano Rivera are the only current (or recently retired) closers that should even be in the discussion. Sheer # of saves is a pointless stat for HOF determination, imho, given the nature of a save today.
Mattingly is nowhere near HOF numbers. Raines is really really close, but falls short.
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