Fraley silliness

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 29, 2007 9:28 PM CST in News

Gerry Fraley has a new column up, with his HOF votes. He votes for Jack Morris, but also for Bert Blyleven, so I'll leave that alone.

However, he passes on Tim Raines, with this explanation:

Raines' case was hurt by his reluctance to run in all situations, as Rickey Henderson did. Raines seemed at times too concerned about preserving his stolen-base percentage.

Raines is 5th in MLB history in stolen bases, so I find it odd that he's getting knocked for not running enough.

But even more bizarre is that Fraley's complaint isn't just that Raines didn't run enough...it is that he didn't run enough in situations where there was a good chance he would get thrown out.

So...Raines might be, in Fraley's mind, a Hall of Famer, if he had just run more often in bad percentage situations.

Gotcha.

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hof voters

seriously after seeing some of these guys writing about their ballots i think they need to reconsider who gets hof votes.

the logic some of these guys use is just amazing.

Can you please Look into getting a less funny signature? That's sarcasm, btw. - Sharky

by rentz on Dec 29, 2007 9:23 PM CST reply actions

No doubt

Catch a Tiger by it's tail and slam it down!Boomer Sooner!

by boomer1 on Dec 29, 2007 9:30 PM CST up reply actions

Wow!!!

All you can do is laugh at that garbage.

The Texas Rangers rounded the bases at a dizzying pace

by fsujon on Dec 29, 2007 9:34 PM CST reply actions

baseball HOF is a joke

writers are a joke

Great baseball players are great and reasonable people know who they are...

if you apologize for everything, you apologize for nothing...

by Longhorn on Dec 29, 2007 10:09 PM CST reply actions

...and Fraley is the punch line.

he is an embarrassment.

by bflood36 on Dec 29, 2007 10:17 PM CST up reply actions

Crap like this is why

...we should consider ourselves fortunate that the DMN bought out Fraley's contract.

Baseball Time in Arlington

by jamcadbury on Dec 29, 2007 10:13 PM CST reply actions

Him and Heyman

It's almost as if writers taunt us with shitty "reasoning" just to get some discussion. The HoF is a joke because writers are the inductors. I've always wanted to go to Cooperstown; now, not so much.

"When I was a pup, we got spanked by presidents 'til the cows came home! Grover Cleveland spanked me on two non-consecutive occasions!" LBrooks

by WyoRanger on Dec 30, 2007 2:25 AM CST reply actions