re dave kingman for the hall of fame in article apr news yale edu steve tomassi writes honestly ozzie smith and robin yount don t belong there they re both shortstops that just hung around for a long time big deal are you for real how many gold gloves does ozzie smith have if a guy hung around and hit homers a year for years wouldn t he be a given for the hall is defense not just as important and if robin yount couldn t hit why would he have stuck around long enough to get hits are you saying hits is a fluke hits is no big deal 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 something isn t done there will be little prestige in the hall of fame anymore when certain individuals believe that steve garvey or jack morris are potential candidates the absurdity is apparent gee can these guys even compare to i agree garvey and morris don t deserve it the more likely future hall of famers like kirby puckett or nolan ryan well based on your argument nolan ryan doesn t deserve the hall of fame he is just a right hander who stuck around for a long time and could throw hard very few game winning seasons lots of losing seasons lots of walks no cy young awards how does nolan ryan compare to a guy like steve carlton who dominated or major league seasons won divisons world series and won half of his teams games in he doesn t compare not even close kirby puckett hasn t done it long enough for me give me more seasons like he s been having then i ll think about it
