The guy was a nice player, don't get me wrong.........no disrespect intended......had a great glove. But HOF????
Guy barely had 2000 hits. Nice Gold Glove collection.........but nearly invisible at the plate for the 2nd half of his career.
The WAR argument.....I get it.....but this election feels like the voters are making a point to let in a guy that wasn't at all associated with steroids.
Again.....no disrespect.....Rolen was a solid player, and didn't attract attention to himself, and truly played the game the right way imo..........but is that enough? You can be a good player and not gain entry into the HOF. We should be able to compartmentalize this stuff, or at least the voters should. There is a reason it took him this long to get in.
As far as Kent goes......I think it is an insane thing that this guy doesn't get in the HOF. He must have really pissed someone important off, because in my estimation, for Rolen to get in over Kent, is just insane. I don't see how you can let in one and not the other. If that is the case, leave them both out. I would rather they kept the induction so pristine and hard to achieve that they left everyone out, instead of what they just did. F'ing baseball.....such a fickle bitch.
The guy was a nice player, don't get me wrong.........no disrespect intended......had a great glove. But HOF????
Guy barely had 2000 hits. Nice Gold Glove collection.........but nearly invisible at the plate for the 2nd half of his career.
The WAR argument.....I get it.....but this election feels like the voters are making a point to let in a guy that wasn't at all associated with steroids.
Again.....no disrespect.....Rolen was a solid player, and didn't attract attention to himself, and truly played the game the right way imo..........but is that enough? You can be a good player and not gain entry into the HOF. We should be able to compartmentalize this stuff, or at least the voters should. There is a reason it took him this long to get in.
As far as Kent goes......I think it is an insane thing that this guy doesn't get in the HOF. He must have really pissed someone important off, because in my estimation, for Rolen to get in over Kent, is just insane. I don't see how you can let in one and not the other. If that is the case, leave them both out. I would rather they kept the induction so pristine and hard to achieve that they left everyone out, instead of what they just did. F'ing baseball.....such a fickle bitch.
TBH........I would leave them both out of the HOF.
I feel like the threshold needs to be higher. Guys that are arguable for a decade then barely squeak in by a couple votes just should not get in at all.
TBH........I would leave them both out of the HOF.
I feel like the threshold needs to be higher. Guys that are arguable for a decade then barely squeak in by a couple votes just should not get in at all.
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