acsguitar wrote:I really don't care much about the HOF.
It doesn't tell me much about the player other than he has great numbers.
Mattingly numbers wise should not be in. However, he was a class act and was a hero for millions of new yorkers at least.
I wish the hall took into account personal actions and being a team leader.
Anyways Mattingly would be in if I made the rules for getting into the hall.
But no its made by a bunch of crotchity sports writers
Whatever he gains for being a 'team leader' and his 'personal actions' he loses times two for his 'handlebar moustache'.
There are many New Yorkers who, if they made the rules, would erect a 50 ft. statue of Mattingly out front and call him King... just like there are fans of other teams who would do the same for their childhood baseball hero.
Neither Mattingly's career, peak, impact, or accolates place him anywhere near the Hall of Fame, in my opinion. People keep saying he was super fantastic for 6 years when it was more like 4, with 2 other years that were pretty impressive, and 6 years that really weren't all that exciting. Sure, he played in pinstripes, sure he was a nice guy (I hear), sure he was the face of the Yankees. But he is not, will not, nor should he ever be, in the Hall of Fame, in my opinion.