By: rodtorfelson
Or Pee Wee Reese and George Kell. If you’re worried about lowering the bar to the HoF, it’s too late. That ship sailed a long time ago.
View ArticleBy: AlohaMrHand
Pete Rose isn’t in yet Bert Blylevin is.Thats all you need to know about the Hall of Fame
View ArticleBy: hushbrother
Every argument for Morris is a dumb one, but his candidacy really isn’t about arguments. It’s about the traditional writers taking a slap at the sabermetric crowd.
View ArticleBy: bigleagues
I only brought Evans up because fuddpucker terms Tony Perez’ absence from the Hall as a ‘travesty’. Which is, of course, ludicrous. But I like your theory on Rice/Lynn vs Evans. And while I’m at it...
View ArticleBy: ezthinking
Better writing? It seems if you bitch enough and get the right writers to devise a compelling story by using select facts, you get in the hall.
View ArticleBy: Gamera the Brave
klempner, The REAL issue I have with your comment is your complete inability to correctly spell Snuffalufagus. Sad, really…
View ArticleBy: iranuke
Based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR), Mr. Morris is the 17th most qualified player on the Hall of Fame ballot. David Wells and Fred McGriff were worth more wins in their career than Mr. Morris was.
View ArticleBy: weaselpuppy
Right, so we’ll keep on with shutting Tigers out of the HOF….Tram, Whitaker, Freehan….all should be in…carry on.
View ArticleBy: Tick
Maybe I’m being flippant here, but besides a guy like Stieb, I don’t even see where Morris was a more dominant pitcher than Brett Saberhagen or Dave Stewart during a lot of the time frame that Morris...
View ArticleBy: shoehole
If I remember, Morris pitched a no hitter against the White Sox in the early to mid 80′s. Morris lost a lot of respect from his Tigers team and writers when he begged to be released so he could finish...
View ArticleBy: fanofevilempire
he sure does have a lot of Rings……………. he really suxs……………………… I wonder how many of you actually saw him pitch………………… HOF is a popularity contest now……………………….. bunch of bitter old writers who never...
View ArticleBy: dexterismyhero
Hell, they put Lynn Swann in the NFL HoF. After that anybody should get in. 336 rec in 9 years. I vote in Cookie Rojas, Smokey Burgess, and Clay Dalrymple. Boom!
View ArticleBy: moogro
I think we need to discuss this nihilism about protecting the Hall being meaningless because of some sketchy people in there. I don’t think throwing up your hands and giving up is the way to think...
View ArticleBy: Todd Boss
If part of your argument is that Morris wasn’t deemed worthy on his first year on the ballot, then how do you explain Bert Blyleven’s 1998 ballot total of only 17.5%? Not Trolling, just pointing out a...
View ArticleBy: kardshark1
Every pitcher pitches to the score, it’s not even debatable, sorry. If you don’t believe me, then show me the last time somebody was intentionally walked in a 10-0 ball game. Show me the last time...
View ArticleBy: mpilatzke
I am not for Jack Morris for the hall of fame, but I consider his resume to be identical to other unspectacular pitchers such as Bert Blyleven, Don Sutton and Phil Niekro. The Hall Of Fame voters have...
View ArticleBy: 78mu
kardshark: I suspect the number of innings Morris pitched with a 10 run lead (or even a 6 run lead) are pretty insignificant. The “pitch to score” is not to deny that the pitch selection may be...
View ArticleBy: kardshark1
Then what you are referring to seems more like clutch and not “pitch to the score” like the initial post implied. In that case, of course it’s a ridiculous notion. I believe people can choke under...
View ArticleBy: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged
How is he similar to Blyleven? When you needed to take Morris’s career and add on to it Mariano Rivera’s career to equal Blyleven’s peripherals, how are they similar?
View ArticleBy: anvil35
Jack Morris will lower the bar but the idiots that cheated to improve personal performance are okay to enter? Wow. What happened to integrity, personal responsibility and character in sports?
View ArticleBy: goirishgo
I can’t explain it. I’d make the same argument about Blyleven that I’m making about Morris. How exactly do players become so much more Hall worthy over time? Their accomplishments don’t change.
View ArticleBy: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged
What happened to integrity, personal responsibility and character in sports? It’s never been brought up before, when the HoF didn’t care about cheaters, drug users, both illicit and performance...
View ArticleBy: vikesfansteve
Morris pitched major innings and completed games which allowed the relief pitchers to get rest which made his teams better. I find it funny that the argument that he was barely the best pitcher of the...
View ArticleBy: jkulaksr
Speaking for some of us who were there to see Morris pitch, I think it should be noted that Morris many times ate up innings just to bail out the rest of the Tigers bullpen which was weak at best. His...
View ArticleBy: materialman80
Morris was a good pitcher, no question. Hall of Fame pitcher…..maybe not.
View ArticleBy: reddwarf66622
Morris’s accomplishments make him a Hall of Famer. You failed to mention he has 4 World Series rings. Failed to mention he holds the record for winning the most World Series with three different teams....
View ArticleBy: a1legalservices
I dont think Schilling is any more qualified for the Hall of Fame than Morris. Post season success alone doesnt make you a HOFer.
View ArticleBy: rayfeathers
way too many “good” pitchers are getting in. the hall is for the elite. if you have to debate it, than he doesn’ t belong. same with blylevin.
View ArticleBy: stevemarknyc
Many sabermetrics guys don’t understand baseball too well and cannot distinguish between stats, intangibles and the different ages and leagues that major leaguers have played in. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE...
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