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First, congrats to Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton, Joe Mauer, and Jim Leyland for making the National Baseball Hall of Fame. All four are deserving members of the legendary group and deserve their moment.
However, voters are still missing what a Hall of Fame actually is.
This isn’t about how you have power and want to show off your prestigious stature by not allowing deserving candidates in.
A Hall of Fame is for the fans.
The Hall of Fame voting results pic.twitter.com/rPofj0hyYj
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) January 23, 2024
Not putting in alleged PED users is an argument that we could go on about forever. The league was perfectly fine with the players using steroids when it was raking in mountains of cash to watch guys hit moonshots out of stadiums.
But when the turning of the blind eye stopped, players involved in the PED discussion were basically banned from the league, except for David Ortiz. But, the PED discussion is not the argument I want to make today.
Today’s argument is about the absolute travesty that Andruw Jones isn’t a Hall of Famer.
4 #MLB players all-time have 10+ Gold Gloves AND 400+ home runs:
—Andruw Jones
—Willie Mays
—Mike Schmidt
—Ken Griffey Jr.@Braves legend Andruw Jones belongs in the @baseballhall.pic.twitter.com/2QDjo0ScNB— Andrew Gibson (@1010XLAG) January 23, 2024
In what world is Jones not one of the greatest to ever play the game? The stat in the above tweet tells you everything you need to know about Jones’s playing career. Double-digit Gold Gloves and over 400 home runs, the answer is simple.
Yet, voters want to play the pretentious card, with many saying, “He fell off after 30.” Are you kidding me? That is the dumbest logic when you look at Jones’s career resume.
When will Hall of Fame voters realize that the Hall of Fame is for fans? A museum for the greatest moments and the players that helped create those moments. Saying someone fell off after an already Hall of Fame career is disrespectful to the player, as well as fans of MLB.
Stop with the annoying holier-than-thou mindset and start celebrating the players that make baseball fun. Andruw Jones is a Hall of Famer to everyone but the dorks who are in power.
