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Originally Posted by Bababooyee
Well, clearly Garvey isn't in because he is...white?
Still trying to figure out wtf race has to do with it?
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The guy doesn't have any stats that are good enough to be in the Hall.He has stats showing some high quantities of certain things,but they are not incredible (if you simply look at how many at bats he has taken.)If you're gunna get a boner over him getting 3000 hits,then you have to be willing to also weigh in the fact that he will most likely finish his career with a sub .280 batting average,and well over 1700 whiffs at the plate.When you see people refusing to weigh negatives(those are 2 big negatives) with the positives,then you need to figure out why it is that he would get into the hall over 3 less popular players (with better stats.)Yes,Garvey is white,but he is seen as a womanizer with a huge ego.People don't like that,and that turns this whole thing into a popularity contest.People would rather put in the white guy from Houston who played very hard for a long time,and was a good citizen.He played on a team that was known for being as white as they could get it (without having an official "white is right" policy.) He hits all the buttons for a simple white conservative thinker.Even though he will go in the Hall hitting .278.He makes them feel all warm n' fuzzy/teary-eyed.This is very much a race-based Hall of Fame candidacy.After all,he is still playing because he is hard-working white guy,and from a very conservative city.He is long past his prime,and they keep playing him even though he is usually hitting .230-.250. That's how a guy with decayed skills gets to 3000 hits.