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Originally Posted by The Professor
While O'Neil missing out by one vote (by a special committee of experts, to be fair) is especially ridiculous (in light of his recent passing), the Simmons debacle will always be the best example of the rank incompetence of the Baseball Writers as voters.
They treated Simba like he was a joke candidate, eliminating him in his first year from future ballots. Why? Probably because they believed their own writing about his "bad" defense and because he played DH late in his career. One of the best hitting catchers of all time and they cast him aside like he's Walt Weiss.  |
Yeah....I have always wondered about this one....damn shame, and Simmons is VERY deserving of strong HOF consideration.
Simmons was a longevity guy, with decent numbers.
Norm Cash also deserves strong consideration...check out HIS numbers. Sure, he ONLY hit .271...sure, he only hit 377 homers...BUT, his OPS+ for his career was 139, which is pretty damned good. This is higher than Tony Perez, or Orlando Cepeda. Not that THEY belong to the HOF, but still.