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Garvey and Carter deserve places in Cooperstown
Found another HOF article in the Philly paper today. I don't believe Claire Smith has a vote, but she has an opinion. She is pushing hard for Gary Carter (good, so far) and Steve Garvey (oops, she lost me there). She stresses the batting average and all-star appearances and seems extremely impressed by his post-season performance.
I don't agree. Garvey's walk rates are way too low for the HOF. For the postseason performance, that is a nice bonus, but Barry Bonds won't be kept out for his lack of postseason success, so I don't think people should be allowed in just because of it. It has value, but to some degree those types of performances are random.
Found another HOF article in the Philly paper today. I don't believe Claire Smith has a vote, but she has an opinion. She is pushing hard for Gary Carter (good, so far) and Steve Garvey (oops, she lost me there). She stresses the batting average and all-star appearances and seems extremely impressed by his post-season performance.
I don't agree. Garvey's walk rates are way too low for the HOF. For the postseason performance, that is a nice bonus, but Barry Bonds won't be kept out for his lack of postseason success, so I don't think people should be allowed in just because of it. It has value, but to some degree those types of performances are random.
posted by Sean Foran # 8:58 AM 
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