Posted by tecwrg on 7/30/2013 12:53:00 PM (view original):
Mantle.
Mays.
DiMaggio.
And Kenny ******* Lofton.
LOL.
By JAWS they rank:
Mays - HOF
Cobb - HOF
Speaker - HOF
Mantle - HOF
Griffey (not eligible yet)
DiMaggio - HOF
Snider - HOF
Lofton (off ballot)
Beltran (active)
Andruw Jones (not eligible yet)
Ashburn - HOF
Dawson - HOF
Hamilton - HOF
A handful of non-HOF's
Doby - HOF
Puckett - HOF
Lynn
Murphy
Bernie Williams
Carey - HOF
Averill - HOF
Roush - HOF
Combs - HOF
Wilson - HOF
Duffy - HOF
Maybe Lofton doesn't belong. Maybe he does. He isn't a Mays/Cobb level talent, which is OK, because that isn't the standard for inclusion. We shouldn't dismiss his case just because he doesn't feel like a hall of famer.