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Ripken and Gwynn are in

WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
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Mark is not.

Steve
Good for you.

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  • thegemmintmanthegemmintman Posts: 3,101 ✭✭


    << <i>Mark is not. >>




    They said no to juice.
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Mark is not. >>




    They said no to juice. >>



    by a wide, wide margin. Something less than 30%?
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  • megatronmegatron Posts: 955


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    << <i>Mark is not. >>




    They said no to juice. >>



    by a wide, wide margin. Something less than 30%? >>



    Actually, 23.5%

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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    I'm sorry, but anyone who does NOT vote for both Ripken AND Gwynn is so devoid of the ability to evaluate talent that they should never be allowed to vote for HOF again.

    That's pretty much true for ANY first-ballot HOFer who gets 95%+ of the vote.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Mark is not. >>




    They said no to juice. >>



    by a wide, wide margin. Something less than 30%? >>



    Actually, 23.5%

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    Megatron, weren't you the one who had the McGwire photo with "astonishing display of strength" in your sig?
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  • megatronmegatron Posts: 955
    I'm sorry, but people are making Ripken out to be a God or something. I mean, did you folks sleep with the guy every night?

    The Ripken I remember cost his team a bunch of games by being a defensive liability and putting his streak ahead of his team. He also couldn't be with the regular players and had to sleep in a different hotel. God, I mean the Orioles wiped this guy's butt. They purposely blew out the lights in order to keep his streak alive when he found his wife in bed with Kevin Kostner.


    / I hope you sense my sarcasm.
    //But Ripekn should not have gotten 100% if no one before him got 100%.
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  • megatronmegatron Posts: 955
    Yup, I was and still consider him a freak, and I love that. I just changed it due to other changes in my life.

    I didn't want him in the hall because he treated me like an idiot when he spoke the way he did before Congress.
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  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    Ripken was and is an Icon; classy guy; the streak was crucial in healing the rift between fans after the strike. One of the most amazing moments ive seen on TV when he broke the mark, did the lap around the park you could FEEL the warmth and sentiment. Plus he was a hell of a player, super athlete and a team leader. well deserved honor for him and Gwynn to be inducted together.
    screw mcgwire if he cant be forthcoming. he can sit and wait a few years.
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Ripken was and is an Icon; classy guy; the streak was crucial in healing the rift between fans after the strike. One of the most amazing moments ive seen on TV when he broke the mark, did the lap around the park you could FEEL the warmth and sentiment. Plus he was a hell of a player, super athlete and a team leader. well deserved honor for him and Gwynn to be inducted together. >>

    And then there was the room service, batting practice pitch Chan Ho Park threw to him in the 2001 All-Star Game. I wonder who ordered him to groove that one.
  • gregmo32gregmo32 Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭
    I never slept with Cal, I admit that.

    But to call him a defensive liability is far from correct. In fact, he was perhaps the most error free shortstop who ever lived. And his "lack of range" is completely exaggerated. If you look at his career accolades and accomplishments and don't vote for him, you have another motive of some sort.

    I am not here to talk about the past. The fact that people chose not to vote for Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig or Mickey Mantle or Ted Williams or Hank Aaron or Willie Mays is history. The people that chose to NOT vote for them were ridiculous as well. And now there are two more names that people found a reason not to vote for - again, wrongly. Maybe when the next person who EVERYONE should vote for comes up (and after Gwynn and Cal I am not sure who they are - maybe Henderson, who many won't vote for because of his charming personality), these doofi will think twice and vote by the record, not by their own desire to make a statement. I doubt it, but maybe.

    No biggie, in the grand scheme of things. There are wars and genocides and murders and genders who are treated like property in the name of religion.... but this is a sports forum, and in a sports forum, it is not right.

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  • beantownboybeantownboy Posts: 59
    I think they slapped mcgwire in the faceimage
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,656 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Never a fan of Ripken but he does deserve to be in the HOF, McGwire prolly did not need the Juice to have a great career, remember back in '87 how skinny he was? 49 HR's later..... I bet he juiced after having back to back 9 hr seasons due to injury. I might have done the same to keep my career going.
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