Don Mattingly HOF?

Gil Dobie · Post by **Gil Dobie** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:52 am

Why isn't Don Mattingly in baseball's hall of fame?

He was the best player in baseball for 5 years.

Post by **danefan** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:43 am

Because people think he was some inflated by being a Yankee....despite the fact that the Yanks were a middle of the road team during the Mattingly era.

Gil Dobie · Post by **Gil Dobie** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:00 am

Yankees were a 90 win team when Mattingly was at his peak. Kirby Puckett took a mediocre team to 2 World Series Championships during his career.

Post by **dbackjon** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:09 am

He is not in because he is not worthy.

JoltinJoe · Post by **JoltinJoe** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:06 am

His number is retired by the New York Yankees.

Achieving the secondary honor of the HOF would be nice, but he has already been given the greatest honor in all of baseball.

Post by **AshevilleApp** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:16 am

JoltinJoe wrote:His number is retired by the New York Yankees.

Achieving the secondary honor of the HOF would be nice, but he has already been given the greatest honor in all of baseball.

JoltinJoe · Post by **JoltinJoe** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:34 am

AshevilleApp wrote:
JoltinJoe wrote:His number is retired by the New York Yankees.

Achieving the secondary honor of the HOF would be nice, but he has already been given the greatest honor in all of baseball.

Did I say something funny?

GannonFan · Post by **GannonFan** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:59 am

JoltinJoe wrote:
AshevilleApp wrote:

Did I say something funny?

I thought the highest honor one could have was having their wife spit on by those same fans - what gives?

GannonFan · Post by **GannonFan** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:03 am

danefan wrote:Because people think he was some inflated by being a Yankee....despite the fact that the Yanks were a middle of the road team during the Mattingly era.

It's not that his numbers are inflated, but it's that him being in the discussion at all is related to him being a Yankee - if he played for any other team with the numbers he had people would never even mention his name.

Post by **dbackjon** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:21 am

GannonFan wrote:
danefan wrote:Because people think he was some inflated by being a Yankee....despite the fact that the Yanks were a middle of the road team during the Mattingly era.
It's not that his numbers are inflated, but it's that him being in the discussion at all is related to him being a Yankee - if he played for any other team with the numbers he had people would never even mention his name.

Spot on!

SuperHornet · Post by **SuperHornet** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:00 pm

When it comes to sports myopia, Joe and the Yankees are a close second to the Bison trolls. About the only difference is that Joe doesn't get violent like those punks.

Post by **andy7171** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:12 pm

Says the Sirens fan.

isumatt · Post by **isumatt** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:19 pm

Id say no to Mattingly but Frank Thomas is 2014!!!

SuperHornet · Post by **SuperHornet** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:16 pm

I'm not sold on Thomas, either.

My top pick is Hershiser. His scoreless streak is amazing....

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