Showing posts with label Mike Piazza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mike Piazza. Show all posts

6/4/08

Hall of Fame Considerations: You Decide

So, Here's to the class of 2013!

That's right, we're looking five years ahead in order to ask you to cast your hypothetical votes. Stay with me people.

You can vote for two of the following five men. For this exercise, we will assume that none of the below will play this season. We'll also provide you with statistics that you need to know. (Remember, Batting Average doesn't exist in our world.)

All Stats courtesy of the Hardball Times

Mike Piazza, C - .377 OBP, 427 HR, .922 OPS

Throughout his career, I would go on is arias about his terrible defense, but I think that we can put that aside when we look at how good his offense was.

Craig Biggio, C/CF/2B - .363 OBP, 291 HR, .796 OPS, 414 SB

The name sake for baseball's position difficulty scale, Biggio played all over the diamond and was the heart of the Houston Astros for almost twenty years. Not to mention that he was from Smithtown, Long Island.

Barry Bonds, OF - .444 OBP, 762 HR, 1.051 OPS, 514 SB

Those are some pretty outrageous numbers! If I didn't know any better, I would think he was on ster....oh, Wait.

Roger Clemens - 3.12 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, A Whole lot of Accolades.

I won't bore you with complicated pitching stats. He's really good. So good, that he might be on....oh, yea. Yea, but he slept with that hot contry singer. Wait, She was 15? Really?

Sammy Sosa, OF - .344 OBP, 609 HR, .878 OPS, 234 SB

It's Soooooo Real. Sammy was real good, but did anyone notice how big he got later in his career. Weird.

So, there you have it. Five men who statistically deserve to be first ballot hall of famers. However, you only get to vote for two of them. What happens now?

Let us know in the comments.