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From: sdd@pyuxh.UUCP (S Daniels)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Hall of Fame 'Criteria'
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Date: Tue, 31-Dec-85 12:36:14 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 31 12:36:14 1985
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There's been a lot of nettalk about what makes a player worthy of
being in the Hall of Fame: single season stats or lifetime consistency?

Art Rust, Jr., a radio talk show host in New York, suggested the better criteria
was dominance.  The selections seemed, to him, to be players who dominated their
era.  For example, Sandy Koufax had a relatively short career but was virtually
unbeatable for a few years.  Roberto Clemente, tragically, fit the same mold.

By that standard, Maris gets in--easy.  But I bet he won't make it because
the Baseball Writers Association wouldn't honor a man they tried to destroy.

Well netters, what do you say?
-- 
Steve Daniels (!pyuxh!sdd) "I'm counting the smiles on the road to Utopia."