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Originally Posted by mlyons
He was given plenty of opportunities to succeed at the big league level and just wasn't able to make the most of them.
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You mean 1988? When he had Beckett blisters on his middle finger? Or maybe 1989, when Dallas Green let him throw 162 piches and ruined his rotator cuff? Or maybe the ulner nerve problem in his elbow from 1990 to 1991?
Look, I'm not to most unbiased Leiter observer, but to chalk it up to him "blowing opportunites" is just not the case. Prone to injury, yeah, hell yeah. But he has never been one not to pitch to the occasion when healthy ( except this year).
As for HOF? I just don't see it... even if he didnt get hurt, he only won 17 games in one year, 16 in another and then the Wins go down from there. A fun guy and my favorite player, but now HOF material. Even in MY imagination.