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I agree. He hit for average and power. He could steal bases. He was a great defensive second baseman. He could hit at almost any spot in the batting order. But what I remember most about Alomar was that he played on some absolutely loaded Toronto and Baltimore teams in the '90s, and he was the best player on every one of those teams.
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This year, of all years, was the point where baseball writers threw up their hands and said "I give up." Every interview I heard on the radio and saw on tv with the writers echoed the same sentiment..."how can we do this?". Next year's vote is a slam dunk. This is what the writers want. I think Maddux, Frank and Glavine all go in next year.
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I don't think you'll have those same questions next year with the two pitchers and Frank. |
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Lou Whitaker, who was in Alomar's class as a second baseman, has an even bigger grievance.
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I don't know. Their power numbers are similar, but Alomar's batting average was more than twenty points higher. He also won several more Gold Gloves, and was phenomenal in the postseason (.313/.448/.829), whereas Whitaker was mediocre (.204/.306/.656). Whitaker was a good player, no question, but I tend to think of him the same way that I think of his teammates (Allan Trammel, Kirk Gibson, Lance Parrish, etc.). They were All Stars, but not HOF'ers.
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Yeah that's amazing how he was knocked off for failing to reach 5 percent in his first year eligible.
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I'm not sure Whitaker was in Alomar territory but I believe he was as good as Sandberg. That might be more of an indictment of Sandberg's HOF election than Whitaker's merit.
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The Sox need to start a campaign emphasizing Franks anti-PED stance. Remind the voters that he was one of the most outspoken players against steroids.
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That's an excellent idea, Taylor. Frank started making comments on this subject to the newspapers back in the late 90's.
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I honestly hope someone passes this along to the Sox organization so they can do it. |
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Done and done. Lip |
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I agree 100%...
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Not sure if Frank makes it first-ballot, but I'm sure he gets in the second year.
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