One of the Biggest Hall of Fame Classes to date: Discussion and vote thread

[ChongInc.]

Rose was the first guy that popped in my head when I read the title. Just crazy career numbers.

[abe_froman]

that will never get in the hof of those eligible? i'm going dick allen.yeah he was a *******(its kept him out,and keeps him out) but hell of a player.some others that i think will never go in(steroid guys aside) minnie minoso,robin ventura,bobby grich,alan trammel,lou witaker,larry walker.

....i think guys raines and edgar will eventually make it

[TheRazorboy]

But of eligible players;
Lou Whitaker probably if I could name only one.

This, so emphatically.

[GrumpyOldMan]

A couple of guys that come to mind besides Rose and Jackson are Lou Whitaker and Albert Belle. I know Belle was a DB and the writers hated him but he put up big numbers every season it seems. I know he had a short career, but it was the same length as Kirby Puckett's and he was a better offensive player IMO.

[MetsFanatic19]

Keith Hernandez is up there.

[Jeffy25]

A couple of guys that come to mind besides Rose and Jackson are Lou Whitaker and Albert Belle. I know Belle was a DB and the writers hated him but he put up big numbers every season it seems. I know he had a short career, but it was the same length as Kirby Puckett's and he was a better offensive player IMO.

Puckett shouldn't be compared with for hall of famers. His career was cut short by vision, and by the numbers alone he would never belong. He was put in for sentimental reasons by the voters....not his numbers.

[spliff(TONE)]

Pete Rose

Will Clark, Don Mattingly

[jej]

Pete Rose. If the juicers get in, so should he.

[ShockerArt]

I'm going to be a homer and say Lou Whitaker. I'm pretty sure that isn't too crazy though if you look at the advanced metrics.

[JBears79]

Any other answer but Pete Rose is wrong

[jd25213]

Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Roger Maris, and Lou Whitaker.

[Jeffy25]

I'm going to be a homer and say Lou Whitaker. I'm pretty sure that isn't too crazy though if you look at the advanced metrics.

It's not crazy at all. He clearly belongs in.

I think eventually a veterans committee will put him in.

Top 50 player to ever play the game, and we have over 200 hall of famers. That should give you an idea of the travesty of his exclusion.

[bagwell368]

Sweet Lou, Bobby Grich, Alan Trammell, Larry Walker, Rolen, Beltre, Raines, Lofton, Edgar, Dwight Evans.

Of those guys I'd wager at most four will get in - and it could take another 35 years.

[HowFit]

Pete Rose...

[llej]

Roger Maris