The NFL selects
15 candidates for its hall of fame, baseball elects two (plus another two
selected by a veterans’ committee). The one
sport lets too many in, the other too few.
What to do?
First off, a tip
of the cap to Derek Jeter and, yes, Larry Walker for their election to
Cooperstown, as announced yesterday.
Next, a question for the baseball establishment: If football can put offensive linemen into
Canton, why can’t baseball find a place in Cooperstown for the likes of Tommy
John, Jim Kaat, Minnie Minoso, Billy Pierce…?
Not to take anything away from the Bears’ Jimbo Covert, though I’d like
to see what his football WAR would be and how to compute it.
As for the other
names mentioned here, like I said: WAR,
what is it good for? And what’s a hall
of fame without John, Kaat et al?
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