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By: The Baseball Zealot

The Baseball Zealot — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:40:52 +0000

I’ll agree with you about the GG for the most part… but they dont hurt either.

You’re really baiting a certain Pirate fan I know. I guess it’s time to test that vulgarity filter on this blog :)

By: DonS

DonS — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:08:17 +0000

Trivia Answer: Frank Quilici.

Kaat in the HOF? Who knows, anymore? I think Jim Kaat is “A Poor Man’s Tommy John.” I think Tommy John is “A Poor Man’s Don Sutton.” So whether you think Sutton and John should be in, probably determines whether you think Jim Kaat should be in.

I hate to be wishy-washy, but the day they let Bill Mazeroski in was the day they lost a boatload of credibility and made it A LOT HARDER to definitely exclude guys. Thus: Who knows?

BTW: Those Gold Gloves are meaningless to me. Gold Gloves are arbitrary and subjective awards (ask Palermo) at any position. For pitchers, I think they mean NOTHING.

Can you tell by my mood that the Angels are struggling?

WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?

DonS.

By: The Baseball Zealot

The Baseball Zealot — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:36:42 +0000

I’ll take a stab and say Jim Kaat..

Speaking of Kaat, am I the only one who thinks that he belongs in the HOF?
He won close to 300 games (283), had a 3.45 ERA over 4500 innings, and had bufu Gold Gloves to top it off.

Granted, he falls in the longevity category as opposed to the Sandy Koufax, Dizzy Dean 5 or 6 incredible years category.

That said, he DID win 25 games one year.

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