I want to compare Murphy’s stats to Gil Hodges and Tony Oliva (also Harold Baines), to see if Murphy should be in the HOF. Statistically Murphy was one of the top players of his decade. I don’t think Hodges, Oliva, or Baines ever won two MVP awards. Neither did Minnie Minoso.
You don’t get in the hall of fame for being a nice guy. But evidentally they keep you out of the HOF for being a bad guy – Pete Rose and Joe Jackson, or Terrell Owens in football. Or if your politics are wrong, like Curt Schilling. Compare Curt’s career to Jim Kaat.
In the NFL a big factor in deciding who gets in the “Pro Football Hall of Fame” is how many All-Pro Awards you get, and how many Pro Bowls you go to. Compares you to your peers. But guys from winning teams get those votes more than guys on losing teams. If you are on a losing team you have to be really good. Tommy Nobis never made it because Dick Butkus and Ray Nitsckie were winning all the awards back then.
Herschel Walker retired with the second most yards in NFL history – and the most yards in pro history, but he’s not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame because a third of the yards were return yards (but the remaining 2/3 yards are still HOF worthy), and he didn’t have enough Pro Bowls or All Pros and he played six positions instead of just one and he messed up the NFL by turning pro early and he signed with the rival league. In baseball Curt Flood was a pariah for questioning the reserve clause, opening the door to free agency. Same with Herschel.
Murderers like Ray Lewis get in the PFHOF and star in NFL commercials, but Hershel is a solid businessman who dealt with his personal problems out of the public eye – then wrote a book about it to help others with the same condition (yet he still gets blasted for his problems by the idiots on the internet). Now that Herschel is a big Republican he will never get in the PFHOF. Walker is not on the Nissan Heisman House commercials this fall either.
This is similar to Denison’s devotional today, how the US is not sending a delegation to the Olympics in China because of the bad things China does to it’s citizens – while the US persecutes Christians here at home, and not upholding US / Mexico border immigration laws while demanding Russia respect the Ukraine’s border. That Jim Denison sure is a rascal, isn’t he?
Denison: A Simpsons episode was censored in China: season 16, episode 12 titled “Goo Goo Gai Pan” features the family going to China. At one point the Simpsons gather around the embalmed Mao Zedong. Homer walks up to the casket and says, “Look at him sleeping. He’s like a little angel who killed 50 million people!” The White House announced (in response?) the US will not send an official delegation to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. This action is in response to China's "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang," Yet are similar things not happening here?
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra announced his agency would force faith-based adoption agencies to violate their beliefs regarding human sexuality or risk not receiving federal funds. Boston has approved 284 requests for outside groups to use City Hall flagpoles to promote agendas such as gay pride, but it rejected a group that wanted to display a Christian flag. The ACLU agrees the city violated the group's free speech rights.
Man I love my Hulu TV. Also the other apps like Amazon Prime and YouTube. Saturday we left home shortly after 9 and returned at like 2 pm. Turned on the TV and kept watching the show from 9 am. I’ve been looking up old Carsons and Lettermans and Lenos. An old Carson clip came on with a “young” Don Rickles coming out. Leo Durocher was there as well. I told M that Rickles had voiced the Mr. Potato Head character in Toy Story.
Met Anna last night at Grindhouse on Piedmont but it was closed. Ate at Jalisco instead, in Peachtree Battle. My other friend Reid had bought a Christmas tree stand at the Ace Hardware in Peachtree Battle.
Tonight for me is the Hot Stove meeting up north of Cumming. The Braves just sold off the three minor league teams they owned: Gwinnet, Rome, and Mississippi. Look for Rome and Mississippi to change their names from Braves to something crazy. They didn’t say anything about selling off their team in Augusta.
FRANK CHANCE [SABR Bio] experienced hearing loss due to the number of times he was hit in the head by pitches: 137 HBP. Not sure how many were cranial. He was the first native of The Golden State elected to the Hall of Fame. He had been studying dentistry at Cal but didn’t complete those studies. While playing semi-pro baseball, he was discovered by Cubs outfielder Bill Lange - who convinced the Cubs to sign Chance sight-unseen. Without a hint of irony, his peers called him “The Peerless Leader”.
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