If I had a Hall of Fame Vote I think my ballot would look a lot like this:
Roger Clemens
Barry Bonds
Jeff Bagwell
Craig Biggio
Curt Schilling
Tim Raines
Mike Piazza
Bernie Williams #homer
Pete Rose #writein
I have no proof that Roger Clemens did any kind of performance enhancing drugs and until I do I am going strictly on on-field performance. Barry Bonds kind of fits in the same category in my eyes so he is on my ballot as well but then again so is Pete Rose as a write in so I may have just blown any chance I had at a real vote. I know I have the poster child for steroid use (allegedly) in both pitching and the offense in Clemens and Bonds and I know that I do not help my cause with suspected users like Jeff Bagwell but it's my vote and I am kind of over the steroid era.
No Mattingly? How can you put Piazza and Raines in but no Mattingly?
ReplyDeleteWell Piazza hit over 200 more home runs then Mattingly at a non offensive premium position. Not to mention all the other stats I could post but you can easily go look up, all the top 10 MVP finishes for Piazza, all star games, and him defining the position as a power position and an offensive position, something we did not see all that much of before. Mattingly was great dont get me wrong but his back screwed him out of a chance for the hall.
DeleteTim Raines did everything. He hit for power (at his time) and hit for average, got on base, stole bases, didnt strike out, and was a doubles machine to hit the high spots. This is not a knock on Mattingly more then it is being realistic about his injury ridden career leaving him coming up just a little short.