Hall of Very Good? Bleh. Let's make halls of fame great again.
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The best part about Hall of Fame debates is that they never end — even after someone gets voted in. No offense to Harold Baines, but really? I understand why the Veterans Committee decided to put Bill Mazeroski of the Pirates in; and as a Mets fan I totallHall of Very Good? Bleh. Let's make halls of fame great again.
The best part about Hall of Fame debates is that they never end — even after someone gets voted in. No offense to Harold Baines, but really? I understand why the Veterans Committee decided to put Bill Mazeroski of the Pirates in; and as a Mets fan I totally respect his World Series-ending home run that devastated the Yankees in 1960. But over time, the standards to reach a hall of fame have been lowered in multiple sports. For example, ever since we’ve been watching sports, there have been transcendent athletes who are no-doubt-it, first-ballot hall of famers. And in most cases, all you need to identify them are their first names or nicknames: Magic, Kobe, The Babe, to name a few. But the Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019 threw me for a loop. Jack Sikma and Paul Westphal were really good players in their day, but what stunned me was the fact that both of them had the identical career scoring average: 15.6 points. Granted, they played different positions — and Sikma played nearly 300 more regular-season Read more