The 'Hall of Pretty Good'

Bernie is a CLASSIC veteran's committee enshrinee.
Trevor Hoffman will be selected in the first election for which he's eligible.

 

True, Bernie will look better to the veteran's committee, when they are looking at numbers rather than the fact that he was never a dominant player.

Hoffman's more deserving, but I just don't think closers get enough respect, especially one without a World Series ring.

 

Blasphemy!

 

Edmonds goes in before Bernie Williams. Hoffman is a first-ballot lock. Mattingly isn't even in the conversation.

 

I think Edmonds belongs with Bernie Williams in the Hall of Very Good. I'm surprised at the support for Hoffman. I'd be happy to be proven wrong on that one.

 

Damon Allen.

No, he's too good for the Hall of Good.

 

Edmonds and Williams are both borderline and probably don't deserve entry. But if you're going to pick one of those two, it's Edmonds -- especially if he gets to 400 homers.

 

Bledsoe effectively got his team to the SB twice.
If Brady doesn't get hurt in the first game against Pittsburgh, even the Steelers' numerous special-teams blunders (thanks much, Troy Edwards) would not have allowed NE to win.
Bledsoe saved the Pats in that game. Brady was going nowhere.

 

To swipe a Peter King concept: Stats of Interest Only to Me

There have been 26 quarterbacks picked with the first selection of an NFL draft, including Bledsoe. Three have made the Hall of Fame (Manning surely will be number four, Jim Plunkett SHOULD be the fifth).
Eight of those 26 have been complete horrific flops, Tim Couch being the latest example. Ever hear of Bobby Garrett of Stanford, picked first by the Browns in 1954? Me either.
Point being, Bledsoe gets a flop rep for only making the Hall of Pretty Good. His performance is actually above average for QBs taken with the number one pick.

 

What did Bledsoe have in that game, one drive for a touchdown? It's a bit much to give him credit for leading the Patriots to the Super Bowl just because he had one good drive.

 

Jim Thome

Mike Mussina

Jerome Bettis (and I'm a fanboy)

Isaac Bruce

Aeneas Williams

Michael Strahan

Grant Hill

Chris Webber

Teemu Selanne

 

No fucking way is Jim Edmonds a Hall of Famer.