I think I'm starting to understand Joe Morgan
If not agree with him. From Peter Gammons' Hall of Fame column:
The players know that their Hall of Fame fraternity, or family, is unique. One cannot buy one's way in, like the New York Yacht Club. One cannot be born into it. One cannot politic in, like the Council of Foreign Affairs. One can only gain acceptance by performance, and then it is far more exclusive -- as well as traditional -- than the Hall of Fames in other sports."Players are awed by this, and they respect everything about it," says Dennis Eckersley. Reggie Jackson, who has been known to be Reggie, is as humble as Jack Cressend. "I'm in a club with Willie Mays. I'm just fortunate, period," says Jackson. "There is a pervasive spirit here that the game is greater than any of us, and when you're around Willie and Sandy Koufax and Stan Musial, we are always around men who are far greater than I am."
How could some guy on a computer know more about the game than those who played it the best?
Note: the A's are 88-0 over their last fifty games. I'm with Moneyball, and Joe Morgan's still an idiot. I'm just starting to understand how he got that mindset. Are any other HoFers broadcasting these days?
(Photo: Third-party friends. Do you have any friends who are too cool to read your blog?)
Comments
"One cannot politic in, like the Council of Foreign Affairs."
Yeah, Phil Rizzuto didn't get into the HoF cause he begged his buddy Joe DiMaggio for years to get the Veterans' Committee to vote him in, he got in because of his stellar .706 career OPS and his .246 BA/2 HR/8 RBI in 52 post season games.
Posted by: Matt | August 4, 2005 8:21 AM
I have a ton of friends who are too cool to read my blog. Therefore, I make most announcements on it. If they don't read, they don't know what is going on with me. When I officially am pregnant, I plan to put it up there and only tell family. We'll see how long until they know! :)
Posted by: Laura | August 4, 2005 9:10 AM