2019 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot

None of those you mention should make it.

 

So ... this is awkward ...

 

Like all of the finalists who don't get the call. Shoot, you've done enough to be considered and now you spend a week on talk shows talking about your chances and then spend Saturday afternoon wondering if you'll be going to the NFL Honors or heading to a bar.

 

McGriff and Walker are hall of famers. Heck, if McGriff would have hit 7 more home runs he would probably be in the HOF.

 

Always had a soft spot for McGriff given the great seasons he had here in Toronto. To me, Walker is a HOFer.

 

Walker is a definite HOFer to me, but I wouldn't vote for McGriff. A first baseman who makes the Hall should have monster stats, but he only led the league in five categories in a 19-year career: home runs twice (1989 and 1992), OPS and OPS+ (1989) and games played (1995). His highest MVP finish was 4th -- and he played on 5 playoff teams, so it's not like he didn't have the eyeballs on him.

 

Why?

 

Just plain dumb.

 

Dumb and damn disrespectful. His wife doesn't have to justify a damn thing to anyone. It's a stupid hat on a plaque. It's not like the plaque is not going to mention the Phillies at all.

 

Tony Perez is not intrigued by your ideas and does not wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

 

I just checked Doggie's stats and he led the league in a category only once, pacing the Junior Circuit as a member of the Red Sox in 1980 by grounding into 25 double plays.