LAist: MLB Hall of Fame to announce Inductees Tomorrow

Bill

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:39:22 -0800

Ripken deserves to be in (NO DOUBT). You may think he is overrated, but unlike a lot of players these days, He Loved To Play The Game!! He wasn't in it all those years for the money. Pete Rose.... Yeah, I think he deserves to be in. Forget about what he did later. If he was judged just by his playing years, he would be a cinch.

schlarb

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:41:21 -0800

Dudes. Pete Rose has to be in the Hall of Fame. How is it overlooked that the owners practiced collusion and still none of them were banned from the game? Pete Rose lied. He gambled. But dude had 4,256 hits. Last time I checked Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth ran into the stands and beat up fans. The dude Cobb beat up had no arms. No. Arms. They're both in the hall of fame.

tony

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:51:55 -0800

non baseball fans would probably name Bonds, which is probably why the vote doesnt go to non baseball fans

Adam Villani

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:15:47 -0800

Yes, overrated. Ask a non-baseball fan to name the best baseball player of the past twenty years, and how many will name Ripken? His level of fame greatly outstrips his actual level of ability. I'm not denying that he's a very good, HOF-quality player. But there are a lot of other players equally deserving of the accolades Ripken got.

erin

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:09:44 -0800

is pete rose supposed to look all blurry and barely visible or is that "art"?

AlBumbry

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:44:30 -0800

over rated? http://images.usatoday.com/graphics/sports/gra/farewell.gif

Adam Villani

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:48:06 -0800

My bar's set a bit higher... my votes would be for Gwynn, Gossage, and Blyleven. That's it. Yes, I think Gossage's brand of cheating is acceptable where Rose's and McGwire's isn't. I'd let McGwire in if he came clean and admitted what he did. Ripken obviously deserves to be in the Hall, but I'd withhold my vote as a protest, since he's so overrated. The thing he's most famous for is the Perfect Attendance award, which is a dumb thing to honor somebody for. Congratulations, you never got sick. No, what he deserves induction for is for his performance the first 10 years of his career, not turning "sticking around past your welcome" into a virtue.

timmay

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:36:54 -0800

nice to see Jim Rice in there

tony

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:55:46 -0800

Putting money on your own team is far from cheating, but is besides the fact that he had more hits than any player ever.

Kyle

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:49:44 -0800

So you'd put the caught-cheating Pete Rose in, but not the supposedly/never actually caught-cheating Mark McGwire? And Andre Dawson and Jim Rice get in?