[Mick]

Agree on Schilling.  

He's a jerk and pissed off a lot of writers (who are now HOF voters) but the Hall of Fame shouldn't be run like the Miss Congeniality contest.

Jerk/pissed off writers/not Miss Congeniality...

You can introduce Jeff Kent to the HoF at the same time. Pre-PEDS, Bonds should have been a shoe in with his four MVPs (three were post-PEDS). 15 All Star teams. Career leader in HRs, walks and intentional walks. Led league in walks 12 times, HRs just twice...apart from his 73 HR season, he never had a 50 HR season. Led league in OBP 10 times, slugging 7 times, OPS nine times.

Let's add Shoeless Joe Jackson to the HoF. He had the second highest career batting average in MLB history, who supposedly admitted that he bet on the 1919 world series. Every betting player on that team tanked...not Jackson. Jackson -- who never had any formal schooling, not even first grade -- signed a document that he didn't understand, and he didn't have legal representation. He hit .375 in the World Series, and led all starters on both teams in OPS. He had better statistics in the World Series than he did during the regular season, which is very difficult to do...just ask Willie Mays (and a bunch of others).

Throw in Pete Rose, MLB career leader in hits, games, plate appearances and at bats. 17x All Star. Immensely disliked early on by team and league management because he socialized regularly with black players. Yeah, bet on baseball and bet on his teams. So did other players, including Cobb and Speaker.

Let's add Lefty O'Doul. Third highest career MLB batting average. SIngle handedly popularized baseball as a sport in the Far East.

All of them should be in the Hall of Fame, because it's not the Hall of Really Swell Guys Who Never Did Anything Wrong (or Never Got Caught). Cesar Cedeno, who was convicted of murdering a woman, was eligible for the HoF

[Mick]

Agree on Schilling.  

He's a jerk and pissed off a lot of writers (who are now HOF voters) but the Hall of Fame shouldn't be run like the Miss Congeniality contest.

Jerk/pissed off writers/not Miss Congeniality...

You can introduce Jeff Kent to the HoF at the same time. Pre-PEDS, Bonds should have been a shoe in with his four MVPs (three were post-PEDS). 15 All Star teams. Career leader in HRs, walks and intentional walks. Led league in walks 12 times, HRs just twice...apart from his 73 HR season, he never had a 50 HR season. Led league in OBP 10 times, slugging 7 times, OPS nine times.

Let's add Shoeless Joe Jackson to the HoF. He had the second highest career batting average in MLB history, who supposedly admitted that he bet on the 1919 world series. Every betting player on that team tanked...not Jackson. Jackson -- who never had any formal schooling, not even first grade -- signed a document that he didn't understand, and he didn't have legal representation. He hit .375 in the World Series, and led all starters on both teams in OPS. He had better statistics in the World Series than he did during the regular season, which is very difficult to do...just ask Willie Mays (and a bunch of others).

Throw in Pete Rose, MLB career leader in hits, games, plate appearances and at bats. 17x All Star. Immensely disliked early on by team and league management because he socialized regularly with black players. Yeah, bet on baseball and bet on his teams. So did other players, including Cobb and Speaker.

Let's add Lefty O'Doul. Third highest career MLB batting average. SIngle handedly popularized baseball as a sport in the Far East.

All of them should be in the Hall of Fame, because it's not the Hall of Really Swell Guys Who Never Did Anything Wrong (or Never Got Caught). Cesar Cedeno, who was convicted of murdering a woman, was eligible for the HoF