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Is David Ortiz a Hall of Famer?
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Exactly. Had Papi stayed in the boonies he would never sniff the Hall. His part in the 2004 Boston WS win is a difference maker.
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Originally posted by Sour Masher View PostYeah, I know folks here are mostly about the numbers, which I generally appreciate, but you are right--his personality and overall importance to the game are big factors in passing the "it" test. Ortiz has "it." The only thing that would keep him from the hall is what has kept even better players like Bonds and Clemens from the hall--PEDs.
Seriously, he made a very good point around the concept that it's the Hall of FAME - not just the Hall of Exceeelent, or similar.I'm just here for the baseball.
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He's one of the top 2 DH's ever, and DH is a position in MLB"You know what's wrong with America? If I lovingly tongue a woman's nipple in a movie, it gets an "NC-17" rating, if I chop it off with a machete, it's an "R". That's what's wrong with America, man...."--Dennis Hopper
"One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." -- Klaus Kinski
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