02-08-2010, 10:34 PM
<!--quoteo(post=78981:date=Feb 8 2010, 08:24 PM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)-->QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Feb 8 2010, 08:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=78977:date=Feb 8 2010, 08:15 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Feb 8 2010, 08:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->No one that, at present, has hit more home runs in a season than <b>Ruth</b> is getting into the Hall...ever.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Fixed. In both a "needling reminder that Maris himself isn't in the Hall so why use that as a benchmark" sorta way and a "grammar-douche English teacher" sorta way.
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It's a benchmark because all those guys were chasing...and ultimately broke Maris' record. All of them would otherwise be locks for the Hall if they hadn't cheated, though not just for breaking that record. None of them are getting into the Hall. The baseball writers are enforcing a kind of justice because the Hall isn't handing out any more asterisks. Ain't that a bitch?
Grammar douche.
Fixed. In both a "needling reminder that Maris himself isn't in the Hall so why use that as a benchmark" sorta way and a "grammar-douche English teacher" sorta way.
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It's a benchmark because all those guys were chasing...and ultimately broke Maris' record. All of them would otherwise be locks for the Hall if they hadn't cheated, though not just for breaking that record. None of them are getting into the Hall. The baseball writers are enforcing a kind of justice because the Hall isn't handing out any more asterisks. Ain't that a bitch?
Grammar douche.