03-25-2009, 01:42 PM
<!--quoteo(post=24862:date=Mar 25 2009, 10:15 AM:name=Fella)-->QUOTE (Fella @ Mar 25 2009, 10:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Surely championships and postseason performance has to count for something though doesn't it? I mean winning championships is the ultimate goal for any athlete. Obviously baseball is a team game and you can't put stuff like that as a top criteria. Guys like Maddux and Pedro are getting in no matter what. But I have no problem with postseason performance and championships being used as a factor for a borderline guy.
I can agree that the term "gamer" and the bloody sock stuff is all bullshit. But especially as Chicago sports fans, watching Jordan for years and watching the Cubs blow every opportunity in our lives, I have to believe there are certain special players who for whatever reason really shine when it counts most and bloody socks aside, in big games, Schilling kicked ass.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
andy pettite is a great post season pitcher, but he ain't sniffing the hall of fame.
I can agree that the term "gamer" and the bloody sock stuff is all bullshit. But especially as Chicago sports fans, watching Jordan for years and watching the Cubs blow every opportunity in our lives, I have to believe there are certain special players who for whatever reason really shine when it counts most and bloody socks aside, in big games, Schilling kicked ass.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
andy pettite is a great post season pitcher, but he ain't sniffing the hall of fame.
Wang.