That’s right. Harold Baines and his whopping 38.7 WAR has been elected to Cooperstown.
For reference, Jason Heyward has already accumulated 35 WAR in his career. Outstanding.
That’s right. Harold Baines and his whopping 38.7 WAR has been elected to Cooperstown.
For reference, Jason Heyward has already accumulated 35 WAR in his career. Outstanding.
Andruw Jones will still be at home... Joke
50PoundHead (12-10-2018), BedellBrave (12-14-2018), Braves1976 (12-09-2018), jpx7 (12-10-2018)
Wow. 22 years in the bigs with exactly 2 season of greater than a 3 WAR. We should start a list of much better outfielder types who are in the Veterans Committee (or whatever it is called now) classification and are not in the Hall.
My list: Murphy, Parker, Pinson, Evans, Gonzalez (x2) Wynn, Oliver, Staub. Please feel free to add.
I’m not including Andruw here since he is still on the active ballot.
Last edited by JCarbo76; 12-09-2018 at 10:04 PM.
50PoundHead (12-10-2018), jpx7 (12-10-2018)
🤣😂
One of the worst selections for the hall of all time.
Like you said, you put a player like Baines in then Murp or Druw not being in is a joke.
Baines was a solid player but I don’t know if I’d even put him in the hall of very good...
He should be the hall of very long careers. That’s it.
Yeah this is ridiculous.
No Murphy but Baines? lol
Can we trade Ozzie for him?
Coppy
This guy doesn't pass the sabermetric or the classic stat test. What a weird selection. Opens the door for people like JD Drew, Moises Alou, David Justice and Bobby Abreu to be selected. Eff it, nominate my favorite Brave Ron Gant for Hof.
thank you weso1!
50PoundHead (12-10-2018)
Feed McGriff can't be considered but Baines can? At least Fred was at 52.6 WAR...this selection was...unbelievable...
jpx7 (12-10-2018)
It would get to be a pretty long list. If Baines is in, I can't believe someone like Vada Pinson is not. Pinson's problem is that he tailed off markedly after a very auspicious start to his career. As for Dale Murphy, his six-season stretch from 1982-1987 was pretty remarkable and should merit strong consideration.
Does anyone still question why folks with real baseball knowledge no longer care about silly things like the MVP, HoF and RoY awards?
It seems to me this is a overreaction on a lot of people's part. He was put in by what was the Veteran's Committee.
Sure he doesn't belong in the Hall of fame, but good on him for accomplishing something he shouldn't have.
BTW this committee has Greg Maddux and Ozzie Smith on it.
jpx7 (12-10-2018)