</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Oh well, I just had to respond seeing as how I'm a Cubs fan and all. Don't take it as a personal rip on you, but just more of a defense of Sammy. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Don't worry, I won't take it as a rip. I personally find discussions about who are/aren't the greatest players of all-time to be one of the best things about baseball
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My reason for leaving Sammy off of the ballot has more to do with my belief that the HOF should be reserved for baseball gods. That means that I would shrink the hall to about fifty players, all of whom revolutionized or truly dominated the game during their time. That being said, if Sosa were to continue to rip homers at a 60 homers-a-season clip, then he is definitely in.
My feelings about the hall stem from the recent offensive explosive which has seriously perverted some players numbers (Vinny Castilla <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> ).