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From: tommyo@ihuxw.UUCP (Tom O`Connor)
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Subject: Re: Billy Williams/Hall of Fame
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Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 14:07:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 20 14:07:00 1986
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> I like Billy Williams, too, but what is he FAMEous for?  What did he give
> to baseball that none of his peers gave?

Firstly, the criteria of giving something to baseball that nobody
else did is not valid.  Examples are so numerous I won`t even
go into them.  But if you want FAMEous, how about a consecutive
game playing streak of over 1,100 games!  Only Garvey and Lou
had more.  That`s pretty good if you ask me.  He hit over 400
homers, something less than 30 players have done - in good company,
I`d say.  More stats have been posted, so I won`t go over them.
Just because Williams didn`t play on a championship team is NO reason
to exclude him.  I saw Williams play practically his entire carrer.
He IS a winner, but never got a lot of press.  That also is no excuse
not to vote for him.  Any sportswriter worth his $$ knows Billy
was a great ballplayer, and I`m confident he`ll be enshrined
very, very soon.

Tom O`Connor