Sutter's in the Hall!

[yendi]

Wow. Bruce Sutter -- a player who I freely admit I've changed my mind about any number of times -- finally got elected to the Hall of Fame. Good for him.

That said, the fact that Jack Morris wasn't even close is a fucking crime. I don't care if he wasn't the nicest guy in the game. He belongs in the Hall.

Full voting here, where you can read that two of the voters smoked enough crack to vote for Gregg Jefferies (we can only assume they live in an alternate universe in which he lived up to his 1988 potential) and five voted for Hal Morris (confusing him with Jack, I assume).

Comments

[zeyr.livejournal.com]

Can you sell me on Jack Morris? I know he had a lot of wins, but W-L is often a measure of run support, longevity/health and good teams behind him, honestly. Nothing else about him said Hall of Fame to me, though I haven't looked at his stats in depth for a year or two.

I'm still on the fence for Jim Rice and he was a clearly dominant player for a few years, looking to me much better in comparison to his fellow hitters than Morris was in comparison to fellow pitchers.