data.3news-bydate.test.rec.sport.baseball.104378 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Edward [Ted] Fischer)
Subject: Re: DAVE KINGMAN FOR THE HALL OF FAME
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
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In article [email protected] (Robert C Hite) writes:
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>Are you for real? How many Gold Gloves does Ozzie Smith have? If a
>guy hung around and hit 30 homers a year for 15 years, wouldn't he
>be a given for the Hall? Is defense not just as important?
Frankly, no. Offense and defense are equally important. But the
pitcher is 80% of the defense. The primary role of every other player
is on offense. Even shortstops are a bigger part of the offensive
game than of the defensive game. (They might not do much with their
part of the offense, but that's another issue.)
That being said, I think both Smith and Yount deserve the HOF. They
hit pretty well in addition to their defense.
Cheers,
-Valentine