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Thank God. Pineiro is a great starter at times, but other times he just sucks donkey balls.

It's not just him, Roger Ebert works there, too. Maybe you were being sarcastic?

Guys that are often left off of discussions of Hall of Fame players go on this list, or people that you think won't make it in (and probably shouldn't) but were almost always much better than average. I'll start off the list with three names (and stats from baseball-reference.com): Tim Raines (OF) - (113 triples, 808 stolen bases, 2605 hits, .294 lifetime batting average, 7 time Allstar (7 consecutive), top 10 MVP finish for 3 years, 1987 Allstar Game MVP) Similar Batters Lou Brock (861) * Max Carey (855) * Willie Davis (848) Jimmy Ryan (828) Jose Cruz (822) Fred Clarke (816) * Harry Hooper (814) * Enos Slaughter (814) * Mickey Vernon (808) Rod Carew (807) * Albert Belle (OF/DH) - (381 home runs, 1726 hits, .295 lifetime batting average, 5 time Allstar (5 consecutive), top 10 MVP finish for 5 years) Similar Batters Juan Gonzalez (911) Jim Thome (891) Manny Ramirez (883) Dick Allen (867) Hank Greenberg (859) * Larry Walker (857) Gary Sheffield (854) Rocky Colavito (852) Ralph Kiner (851) * Frank Howard (848) Lance Parrish © - (324 home runs, 1782 hits, .252 lifetime batting average, 8 time Allstar (non-consecutive), top 10 MVP finish for 1 year) Similar Batters Gary Carter (879) * Benito Santiago (850) Bill Freehan (806) Gabby Hartnett (806) * Yogi Berra (797) * Johnny Bench (795) * Ron Cey (791) Darrell Porter (782) Vern Stephens (782) Ernie Lombardi (770) *

My preseason column is linked in my signature. My paragraph on the Mariners was one of the longest in the column, and I don't even mention the Mariners losing Arthur Rhodes. One post in December shows I was surprised the Mariners didn't offer Arthur Rhodes arbitration. And how exactly would it have been ironic? After reading your column, you pretty much nailed on the head the Mariners problems this year (except Raul Ibanez who, while healthy, was one of the best players on the team this year). What no one could tell was the Mariners were gonna go through an extremely injury prone year. Then, they will release Jon Olerud (potential future Hall O' Famer) and Rich Aurilia (the second coming of Jeff Cirillo). Joel Pineiro (the M's best pitcher EVER in terms of ERA) just went down with a torn ligament in his pitching arm and will be out for a year and a half! Well, goodbye hopes for next year. Good thing I'm moving out to California where, while the stadium atmospheres suck, there will be some winning teams. Edit: Oh yeah, we got rid of McCracken pretty fast, too. Or is he injured?

Just another reason Steve Blackman owns and Dan Severn is just a schmuck. It would have been interesting to have Shamrock in the BFA.

It's a 3-man show with Bill Wolff, Michael Holley & Max Kellerman. I absolutely hated Kellerman on ATH, but the format of I, Max allows him to be a total jackass while still being funny. Bill Wolff interacts well and has one of the greatest voices in sports (along with Kevin Calabro, IMHO).

They need to replace Michael Holley on I, Max with Jay Mariotti (who rules) and shoot Woody Paige like an injured horse. He's the most annoying man on television, and that says a lot.

I'm a Kellerman fan, too. I am addicted to I, Max and haven't seen PTI in about 3 months (they changed the timeslot from 3pm to 12pm, so I catch Kellerman instead at 11). Something about Smith rubs me the wrong way, though. Maybe it's that he's trying to be "street" and he's, well, not.

Jim Rice Dave Parker Bert Blyleven Lee Smith Wade Boggs Ryne Sandberg All deserve to go in. I see Rice & Boggs going first (stupid East Coast bias!).

How about this man: Dave Parker (OF/DH) - (339 home runs, 2712 hits, .290 lifetime batting average, 7 time Allstar (non-consecutive), 3 time Gold Glover, top 10 MVP finish for 7 years, 1978 NL MVP, 1979 Allstar Game MVP) Similar Batters View in Pop-up Tony Perez (900) * Billy Williams (882) * Harold Baines (866) Andre Dawson (865) Al Oliver (860) Jim Rice (856) Rusty Staub (855) Chili Davis (854) Dwight Evans (853) Vada Pinson (846)

No way, no how. Triple H has already shown that he will have a hissy fit if moved away from Evolution. If Evolution dissolves (or turns on him) though, I could see it happening.

He'll have his first year of eligibility next year and he's a lock to get in on the first ballot. Here's the first time eligible players next year: Do you guys think Abbott will get a pity vote in? (Not to sound mean, but he doesn't really deserve it) I miss Black Jack McDoweel & Tony Phillips (my all-time favorite batting stance). Terry Steinbach could make it. No way will Strawberry make it.

I think people are misinterpreting the topic. These are guys that are on the cusp of going to the HoF, but will never make it. Not future hall o' famers.

Stephen A. Smith sucks.

I'm gonna guess you're a Red Sox fan.

By sheer numbers, Lance Parrish is one of the greatest catchers of all-time. I think you may be judging his BA too severely.

Has to be Monsoon/Heenan who always made me enjoy something I was watching. Ventura is always gold, though. Also, I would watch WCW Saturday Night religiously just to hear Dusty Rhodes speak. The man must have been insane and WTF was up with his accent.

I can't believe nobody mentioned Stevie Ray as an announcer.

...they paint her face white. No way in hell it takes that long. They could turn her into a freakin' Klingon with that time. If so, wow, what a momentual waste of time for *Kenzo Suzuki.* 1 hour for the makeup...after the 6 hours of bukkake.

Lee Smith, John Franco, et al. are guys who have worked hard for a long time (20 years) and never really had a bad season. They're not people like Bobby Thigpen & Kazuhiro Sasaki who burn out after a few years as closers. These men were legitimate closers for nearly 20 years. That's not an easy thing to do and it shouldn't be looked at like that.

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True, but how many closers actually have these numbers. I think there are only 3 pitchers with over 400 saves. The fact that it's so rare to get that many saves should warrant their inclusion to the Hall of Fame.

OMG! She's gonna give you a neckbreaker if you don't stop leeching her bandwidth. I mean, you can probably kick out at a two count, but her next move might put you away for good.

I want to see what bands you guys thought could have made it huge, but never seemed to break out for whatever reason. The one band that brought this to my mind was Survivor. What a great band, but (other than Eye of the Tiger) they were never really recognized for anything. They had a great lead singer and their sound wasn't as annoying as typical 80's hair metal bands.

It's not ironic, it's just coincidental. Sorry. It had to be done.