12-08-2008, 01:03 PM
<!--quoteo(post=2189:date=Dec 8 2008, 10:51 AM:name=dk123)-->QUOTE (dk123 @ Dec 8 2008, 10:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=2166:date=Dec 8 2008, 10:18 AM:name=Andy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Andy @ Dec 8 2008, 10:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->If you trust "sources close to the situation", they say Santo, Dick Allen and Joe Torre all got voted in. Here.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Reading the user replies at that link, I am amazed at the negative attitudes towards Santo potentially going in the hall. I truly believe that looking at it rationally, there is no way that Santo isn't a HOF. This is one of the problems with someone just looking at career batting numbers and making a determination. Those numbers don't tell the whole story. When you take everything into consideration, Santo is a surefire HOF. I think it's a travesty that he wasn't in a long time ago.
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I agree completely....I too was almost stunned by some of the responses. I figured they were mostly from uneducated biased fans.
The real travesty will be if he doesnt make it in today.
Reading the user replies at that link, I am amazed at the negative attitudes towards Santo potentially going in the hall. I truly believe that looking at it rationally, there is no way that Santo isn't a HOF. This is one of the problems with someone just looking at career batting numbers and making a determination. Those numbers don't tell the whole story. When you take everything into consideration, Santo is a surefire HOF. I think it's a travesty that he wasn't in a long time ago.
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I agree completely....I too was almost stunned by some of the responses. I figured they were mostly from uneducated biased fans.
The real travesty will be if he doesnt make it in today.
A herd of buffalo can move only as fast as the slowest buffalo. When the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.
In much the same way the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, we all know, kills brain cells, but naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.
In much the same way the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, we all know, kills brain cells, but naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.