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Originally Posted by transplant99
Vlad is my favorite player of all time. Most unorthodox as well. Good to see him get his just dues.
Hoffman was a beast in his time and not many relievers have gotten in thus far, so good for him as well.
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as far as baseball goes I am a big stats guy and I fully appreciate that by some metrics (that I respect) Vlad doesn't quite measure up (at least to get in quite easily for a 2nd ballot)
but even a sport like baseball isn't just about stats
his stats are damn good but more than that he was so watchable...like a few articles said today you sure as hell didn't change the channel when he was up to bat
he was fun
he had swagger
he did the kind of things you tell your grandkids about
there is always room in the HOF for guys like that and well there should be