Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Boggs for Hall of Fame...
... should be a no-brainer, yeah? Not the nicest of people, perhaps, but he's definitely among the top 5 third basemen ever. And yet people such as Mike Downey (in the Chicago Tribune) and Chris Lynch (for Yahoo! Sports) are saying he shouldn't be - and Downey even has a vote. Bizarre. Apparently you can't be a Hall of Famer unless you're at Mike Schmidt's level - yeah, only the greatest third baseman ever. Another example of the ridiculous HoF standards to which 3Bs are held...
... should be a no-brainer, yeah? Not the nicest of people, perhaps, but he's definitely among the top 5 third basemen ever. And yet people such as Mike Downey (in the Chicago Tribune) and Chris Lynch (for Yahoo! Sports) are saying he shouldn't be - and Downey even has a vote. Bizarre. Apparently you can't be a Hall of Famer unless you're at Mike Schmidt's level - yeah, only the greatest third baseman ever. Another example of the ridiculous HoF standards to which 3Bs are held...
"If at any point in his career Mattingly was offered to the Red Sox straight up for Boggs, the Sox would make that deal in a heartbeat."
Laughable. Just stop posting.
Laughable. Just stop posting.
Happy new year to you too Chris! Clearly I don't agree with you on Boggs, but hey - we're all entitled to our opinions. :)
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