Monday, August 09, 2004
'Gar Announces Retirement At Season's End; Is He Hall Worthy?
Yes.
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And he saved baseball as we know it in Seattle, and he's a local icon, and he's one of the most respected players of his generation by his opponents, etc. etc. etc.
Fifty years from now, when I meet another septuagenarian in a Northwest park feeding pigeons, and I chant "ED-Gar! ED-Gar!," the other geezer will remember Edgar Martinez. THAT'S a Hall-Of-Famer. When you know grandpas will tell their grandkids stories that go nowhere about a certain player, that player is in. He's in. He's in. Forget what Larry Stone has to say. He's in.
Fifty years from now, when I meet another septuagenarian in a Northwest park feeding pigeons, and I chant "ED-Gar! ED-Gar!," the other geezer will remember Edgar Martinez. THAT'S a Hall-Of-Famer. When you know grandpas will tell their grandkids stories that go nowhere about a certain player, that player is in. He's in. He's in. Forget what Larry Stone has to say. He's in.
With all do respect, you fools see these things through rose-colored glasses. Understandble, understandable. However: 1) No fielding matters in terms of a player's ability to produce. 2) He got hurt all the time 3) The competition will be fierce, and that matters. What may matter is who else retires this year, and thus who he may be up against. Clemens? Alomar? We'll see. Currently though he has a 128 on Bill James' Hall of Fame monitor, where 100 is supposed to make it. But there are 21 HITTERS on the list ahead of him who havent made it yet and arent yet eligble. And how many of those guys can you say Edgar clearly deserves it over? And how many more guys will pass him between now and 5 years from now? Sorry kids.
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