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View Poll Results: Who gets the required 75% vote today?
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Bruce Sutter
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62.07% |
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Goose Gossage
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48.28% |
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Lee Smith
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Orel Hershiser
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48.28% |
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Doc Gooden
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01-10-2006, 07:47 AM
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01-10-2006, 09:46 AM
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Don't hate in '08.
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If I had a vote, Bruce Sutter, Jim Rice, Dale Murphy, & Goose Gossage definitely get in. Sutter was only 43 votes shy last year, while Rice was 80 short.
Sutter won a Cy Young award in 1979. He led his league in saves five times in six years -- something no other reliever has ever done. He finished among the top four in his league in saves for eight straight years -- something no closer except Fingers has ever done. (Nope, not even the great Mariano Rivera.)
From 1975 through 1985, Rice was No. 1 in his league in homers, RBI, runs scored, slugging and extra-base hits. And the only player even close to him in most of those categories was the great George Brett.
In Gossage's first 10 seasons as a closer, he had an ERA of 2.27 or lower eight times. Stats tell us that the right-handers batted under .200 against this man over a period spanning nearly two decades.
He worked more than 130 innings in relief three times. And the only closer in history with more seasons of 20-plus saves and sub-2.00 ERAs than Gossage (four) is Rivera (six).
Back in the 80's, Murphy led all National Leaguers in runs and hits, tied Mike Schmidt for most RBI and was second only to Schmidt in home runs. He also garnered back-toback MVP awards, 5 gold gloves, not to metion being the leading vote getter in the All-Star balloting and a 30-30 guy.
No soup for Bert Blyleven.
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01-10-2006, 09:51 AM
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Gossage changed the game as much as anyone in our generation. He should definitely get in, but I don't see it happening this year and it only gets tougher over the next few years.
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01-10-2006, 09:52 AM
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Pete Rose?
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The Spartans!!
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Gossage was my first pick with Sutter being a distant 2nd pick.
BTW, I was at an OSU baseball camp once and coach Cypret told me that the toughest guy he ever faced in the minors was Orel Hershiser.
He said Hershiser was the only pitcher that when on his stuff, felt he had no chance of hitting. |
01-10-2006, 09:54 AM
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Pete Rose?
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I wish.
That guy is my favorite player of all time and was my idol growing up along with Johnny Bench and Ron Oester. |
01-10-2006, 10:01 AM
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