Why Fred McGriff is a Hall of Famer and Rafeal Palmerio is not

Both players should end their career with 500+ homers. Here is the key point. At one point (the Blue Jay / San Diego years) Fred McGriff was one of the best first basemen of his time. Everyone feared him. He might be the the last automatic 500 homerun bid. The others that might do it (Bagwell, Thomas, etc) are not going to be automatic. If you ask this guy, right now, McGriff is Hall Of Famer. Actually, him still playing, cheapens his career. He was a part of great teams in Toronto, and for that one year, San Diego.

Oh ya, Rafeal. Never the same pizzaz tha McGriff. At one point McGriff was the only who homered 20+ times for some amount of years. Thats why he was mentioned with greatness. Its for the same reason Ken Griffey Jr. is first ballot hall of famer no matter what happesn with the rest of his career. Some times 5+ years of greatness outlive 15+ of medicority.
- posted by Doug @ 2:13:00 AM