Thursday, January 7, 2010

Baseball Hall of Fame

Congratulations to the three 2010 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees.

Andre Dawson: The Hawk was awesome. His offensive numbers made him a borderline Hall of Famer, but when combined with his defense (8 gold gloves) and the fact he is one of three players with 400 homers and 300 steals squarely places him among the greats. He was also 1977 ROY and 1987 MVP.

Whitey Herzog: The White Rat won pennants with teams that had no business winning. He adapted to his team's rosters and created "Whitey Ball" in St. Louis. The Cardinals based their team on pitching, speed, and defense. Instead of hitting homers, the Cards would get on first, steal, steal, and score on a ground out. When Bruce Sutter left, he patched together a bullpen that won the pennant. Herzog should have been inducted much sooner than 2010.

Doug Harvey: Harvey was one of the few umpires that a fan could tell was good. On top of this, you could tell the players respected Harvey.

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