Posted by tecwrg on 12/16/2016 3:50:00 PM (view original):
Nobody's reducing the size of the HOF. Why are you even saying that?
We're talking about how a different standard would impact the hall, try to keep up, bud.
Right now, the standard (THE standard, not my standard or your standard or mike's standard) for SS's in the hall of fame is somewhere between Honus Wagner and Phil Rizzuto. We agree on that, right? Just being better than Rizzuto isn't good enough to make it but you don't have to be as good as Wagner. The line falls somewhere in between.
Right now, Jeter is above that line.
In LF, the standard is somewhere between Williams and Jim Rice. Being better than Rice isn't good enough but being as good or better than Williams isn't the requirement. The line is somewhere between them. Right now, Raines is above the line.
If someone like mike wants to argue that the current standard is a bad standard and Raines should be left out, fine, but bringing that standard up also leaves guys like Jeter out. I think that's a bad idea.