Posted by MikeT23 on 2/7/2014 1:43:00 PM (view original):
Posted by burnsy483 on 2/7/2014 1:38:00 PM (view original):
If Edgar Martinez batted 3rd for his entire career, is his baseball career somehow more HOF worthy to you?
You're gonna love this but yes. I still don't think he's HOF material because he was passing the buck to BETTER hitters, who also played the field, but he wasn't walking so Dan Wilson could get some swings.
Even though Rickey was probably the best hitter on his team most seasons, I don't gripe about his walks. He was hitting first and stealing bases. And you've have to think the 2/3/4/5 hitters were not Dan Wilson.
I think the other issue is that you're looking at EM and saying "He was the 3rd best hitter on his team, and he didn't play the field! How is he HOF worthy?!?" The other 2 players are more worthy, yes.
I get what you're saying. But I don't think EM was looking to walk. And when EM swung the bat, he did damage. And the 10% of the time he walked, it certainly wasn't a bad thing.