Jim Rice
Dwight Evans
Andre Dawson
Dave Parker
Don Mattingly
Ron Santo
Gil Hodges
Bert Blyleven
Ron Guidry
Rich “Goose” Gossage
I realize there are others that I’ve missed but give me a yes or no and a brief, why!
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Jun 2009
Your Thoughts On The Following: Should They Be Elected In The Hall Of Fame? Yes Or No?
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Jim Rice-yes MVP
Dwight Evans-no
Andre Dawson-yes he was one of the best in his era
Dave Parker-no. he wasn’t one of the to top players of his time.
Don Mattingly- yes one of the best fist basements of his era
Ron Santo-yes one of the best
Gil Hodges-yes the best first baseman of the 1950′s.one of the leaders of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Bert blyleven- I don’t know him.
Ron Guidry-no not great
Rich “goose” Gossage- yes he was a dominant closer in his era.
pete rose- yes
Just the yes’s…
Rice : Dominant hitter for 10 years-always top 10 in MVP voting.
Dawson: Same as Rice+ MVP and speed
Goossage: Dominant and won WS a few times…
Plus Roger Maris-YES… MVP and dominant for 10 years.
Dale Murphy is the one I can through out that I can’t decide about…
The only that belong in the HOF out of all of those are
Jim Rice, Gil Hodges, Ron Santo, and Goose Gossage
The others are great, not Hall of Fame worthy
Jim Rice
Dwight Evans – Yes – greatest defensive right fielder ever
Andre Dawson – No – good but not great
Dave Parker – No – drug problems
Don Mattingly – Yes – He was baseball in the 80′s
Ron Santo – No – There is a reason he is not in. He is not great.
Gil Hodges – Yes – Great numbers for his time – great defense
Bert Blyleven – Yes – Might be the most deserving pitcher not in the Hall.
Ron Guidry – No – Just don’t think he was Hall worthy.
Rich “Goose” Gossage – No – Just like Santo – he has become a public sideshow with his open crying about not being in.
Jim Rice- No just fell short of hall of fame status
Dwight Evans-No not even close enough
Andre Dawson- Yes he is good enough but he may not make it.
Dave Parker-No like Rice he fell just short
Don Mattingly-Yes Yes and Yes so he did not play that many seasons he was a player way above average and those are the kind of guys the hall of fame is made for
Ron Santo- Yes, without a doubt
Gil Hodges- Maybe, I say no however
Bert Blyleven- Nope not a chance
Ron Guidry-No Probally not going to happen
Goose Gossage-Yes, he is definatly ne and time will tell
Yes:
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Bert Blyleven
Goose Gossage
Ron Santo
No:
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Dwight Evans (sorry, Dewey, but it’s the truth)
Ron Guidry
Gil Hodges
Don Mattingly
Dave Parker
I wouldn’t vote for them, and the Hall isn’t suffering for their absence, but I could see these men getting the plaque eventually, and looking good in bronze:
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Andre Dawson
Jim Rice
yes but i think Goose missed his chance i think hes just going to drop off now like most of them… poor guys
Rice – Yes
Evans – No
Dawson – Yes
Parker – No
Mattingly – No
Santo – Yes
Hodges – Yes
Blyleven – Yes
Guidry – No
Gossage – Yes
To throw out another name….McGwire – No
Gimme Jim-Ed, Mattingly , and Goose as Yes’s.
Doctahh
Rice yes
evans yes
Jim Rice – Hit .300 7 times – Yes
Dwight Evans – No. Hit .300 1 time.
Andre Dawson – Hit .300 4 times – Yes
Dave Parker – No.
Don Mattingly – Hurts my heart. Maybe coach some day.
Ron Santo – No.
Gil Hodges – No
Bert Blyleven – NO! He played for a 1,000 years. Junk!
Ron Guidry – No.
Rich Gossage – No. He has 168 less saves than Lee.
What a slap in the face.
Lee Smith – Prior to Hoffman surpassing him last year how is that the man with the most save in MLB history is not in the hall?
Rice and Dawson should go in on the same ballot. If not they don’t go in at all.
To the guy that say no on Dawson but yes to Evans. Are you aware that Dawson’s numbers are better than Evan’s numbers across the board?
yes
rice- yes
evans- maybe
dawson- definitely
parker-no
mattingly-no
santo-i’d say yes
hodges-way before my time
blyleven-yes
guidry-definitely
gossage-definitely
Dawson, Santo, Blyleven and Gossage belong in the hall. Dawson would have hit 500 HR if his knees hadn’t gotten ruined by playing on that crappy turf in Montreal. He was the quintesstial 5 tool player. What a gun he had for an arm.
Santo would have been in a long time ago if he had played for the Yankees instead of the crappy Cubs.
blyleven too, if he had played for some good teams.
And Gossage was as intimidating of a closer as I’ve ever seen.
Rice yes- Was the star on a decade’s worth of decent, if not championship, Red Sox teams.
Evans no- Did not start hitting until late in his career and even though he’s also a pretty good fielder, not really dominant the way a Hall of Famer should be.
Dawson yes- A tremendous power hitter. Scared teams for nearly fifteen years and won an MVP on a last place team- Cubs- in 1987.
Parker no- Was not consistently great and did cocaine.
Mattingly no- While he had some tremendous season, he tailed off badly towards the end of his career.
Santo no- While he might have been the best of the Cubs after Banks, he played with so many hall of famers- Ernie Banks, Ferguson Jenkins, Billy Williams, and statistically did not put up great numbers
Hodges no- This is sacreligous in New York, but they are already a bunch of those Brooklyn Dodgers in the Hall- Robinson, Snider, Reese, Campanella- that Hodges was not quite as good as they were.
Blyleven yes- Maybe he did lose a lot of games, but he came thisclose to 300 wins- and not many will get that close in baseball in this era- plus he struck out over 3,000
Guidry no- Like Mattingly a lot of great seasons, but his longevity is not hall of fame caliber.
Gossage yes- A dominant reliver and a guy for almost ten years you did not want to see in the ninth inning.