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Every year the Baseball Writers Of America vote to induct well-known baseball players into the Hall Of Fame. And each year there's controversy.
Simmons played for twenty one seasons using the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves. He hit 248 house runs, drove in 1,389 runs and batted.285.
Rac's Rant
Ted was an eight time Major League All Star and hit over.300 six times. He finished with 2,472 hits. He also has a.986 fielding percentage.
Let's see how Simmons compares to other catchers in the Hall Of Fame. Ted Simmons played in much more games, 2,456, than Johnny Bench,2,158, Gary Carter, 2,295, Yogi Berra, 2,120, Roy Campanella, 1,215, Bill Dickey, 1,789 and Ernie Lombardi, 1853. Ted has extra hits, 2,472, than Bench, 2,048, Carter, 2,092, Berra, 2,150, Campanella, 1,161, Carlton Fisk, 2,356, Dickey, 1,969 and Lombardi 1,792.
Has there ever been a much more scrutinized player within the history of sports than the Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez? Common sense dictates that the majority of the boos stem from jealousy. However, I suppose you may argue that Yankee fans, angered by the fact that their owner hasn't been capable to buy a Globe Series title given that 2000, basically have made the decision to take their aggression out on the highest paid man on their roster. And before you commence in with the "He's not clutch like Derek Jeter" nonsense, just appear at the numbers. As far as the post season is concerned over the last few years, Rodriguez has comparable if not far better numbers than Jeter in a lot of key statistical categories. It basically comes down to money, which is ironic since the Yankees have been throwing theirs around for years.
He has far more residence runs, 248, than Campanella, 242, Dickey, 202 and Lombardi, 190.
Even as a non-Yankee supporter, I suppose I need to defend A-Rod on this one. Sure he signed the highest contract within the history of professional sports, but the only person who legitimately should be booed is the individual who would turn down a contract like that in the very first place. To turn down that type of cash would be an injustice to your family, to charitable organizations, and to any other future beneficiaries of that money. This was a case of but yet another unintelligent owner who negotiated purely against himself, pushing the expense of Rodriguez nicely beyond what any other team was willing to pay him. But guess what? As the owner of his business, that's his right. Or perhaps Tom Hicks is an idiot. But that is inconsequential at this point. The fact is that the best player within the game at the time the contract was signed and for several years to comply with was given the richest contract. And in my opinion it was because of pure envy that this player slowly became probably the most hated man in sports.
What specifically do the sports writers want? And I know the writers take a lot more into consideration than just stats. But come on. In my opinion, Ted Simmons ought to be inside the Hall Of Fame.
Dale Murphy. I believe this is another no brainer. Here's all Dale Murphy did throughout his 18 year career. In those games Dale hit 398 property runs and drove in 1,266 runs. He was a seven time Major League All Star and won the Gold Glove five times.
That makes him one of only six National Leaguers to win the award in back to back seasons. The others were Ernie Banks, Joe Morgan, Barry Bonds, Mike Schmidt and Albert Pujols.
Also in 1983, Murphy became the only player in MLB history to bat.300, he batted.302, hit no less than 30 home runs, he hit 36, drive in no less than 120 runs, he knocked in 121, score at the very least 130 runs, he scored 131, steal 30 bases, and walk a minimum of 90 times.
In the ten seasons in between 1981 and 1990, Dale Murphy hit additional property runs, 299 and drove in far more runs, 923 than anyone.
Dale Murphy also exemplified the which means of a true professional. I had the likelihood to meet Dale quite a few occasions in the course of my own minor league career. He was a catcher with the Braves at that time.
Danny Murtaugh. Murtaugh had four stints as the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. His record as a manager is 1115 wins and 950 losses.
Murtaugh is also a single of only 36 managers in MLB history to win over 1,000 games.
But Murtaugh, with some help from Bill Mazeroski's series winning house run, beat the Yankees. This time against the Baltimore Orioles who featured four twenty game winning pitchers.
Game six went to the Orioles and then the Pirates won game seven to give Danny Murtaugh his second Globe Series win against big odds.
He was named the "Man of the Year" by Sport magazine in 1960 and was the Sporting News Manager of the Year in 1960 and 1970. Danny Murtaugh ought to be given more consideration for the Hall of Fame than he has gotten.
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