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Hey, While We're At It, Can We Kick Mickey Mantle Out Of Cooperstown?
Keeping great ballplayers out of the Hall of Fame because of some sanctimonious reading of “integrity, sportsmanship, and character,” after ignoring those words for the entire history of the Hall, is absurd. See also Ty Cobb.
"Cooperstown doesn’t honor Barry Larkin with a plaque; Larkin honors Cooperstown with the way he played baseball. Seventy-eight people [who did not vote for Larkin] dishonor both with their ignorance."
Joe Sheehan Newsletter, January 10, 2012
I’ve never been to Cooperstown, and the nonsense in the past several years that has excluded such obviously deserving players such as Larkin and Jeff Bagwell does nothing to make me too excited about the trek.
I’ll get there someday, maybe this summer, but I’ll be going to see the museum more than the actual Hall. The Hall as currently constituted and elected is a farce and an embarrassment to the game of baseball.
Top Songs in 2011
…and here is a spotify playlist of the songs I listened to more than any others this year.
Top Artists in 2011, according to last.fm.
Fitz and the Tantrums got pretty high on this list, considering I had never heard of them until about August.
I am sad.
