re dave kingman for the hall of fame in article apr news yale edu steve tomassi writes hi baseball fans so what do you say don t you think he deserves it i mean heck if dave winfield ho hum is seriously being considered for it as is lee smith ha then why don t we give dave kingman a chance or darrell evans yeah yeah after the hall of fame takes in them it can take in eddie murray and jeff reardon um what eddie murray was a superb first baseman for a long time winfield as produced consistently for almsot years and excellently on several occasions dave kingman s best year was like darryl strawberry s typical year with the mets darrell evans too did a whole lot more than just hit homers which is all that kong did well in any case i am sick and tired mostly sick of everybody giving hall of fame consideration to players that are by today s standards marginal whom are you talking about yes eddie murray is marginal but that s because he s years old he wasn t marginal for a long time honestly ozzie smith and robin yount don t belong there they re both shortstops that just hung around for a long time big deal not smith has hung around for a long time and fielded the position better than anyone else ever has yount stopped being a shortstop about a decade ago in case you hadn t noticed one of his two mvp awards was as a centerfielder let s be a little more selective huh stop handing out these honors so liberally save them for the guys who really deserve it face it if like whom there are many players in the hall who aren t anywhere near as goos as the guys you re running down something isn t done there will be little prestige in the hall of fame anymore when that s already the case by some standards but the bad players in the hall are all from the s and s recent picks have generally been excellent certain individuals believe that steve garvey or jack morris are potential candidates the absurdity is apparent gee can these guys even compare to the more likely future hall of famers like kirby puckett or nolan ryan no but who cares was stan musial anywhere near as good as babe ruth not really but he obviously belongs there the hall has generally had about the top of major leaguers as more players come through the game more will be in that top and yes it s pretty easy to argue that smith yount evans winfield etc are in the top dave kingman on the other hand was a liability throughout most of his career of course garvey hasn t gotten a lot of hof press so i don t know what you mean as for ryan is his w l better than morris that s what a lot of voters tend to look at and morris was awfully good for a decade and doesn t lead mlb history in walks allowed either roger
