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Going in as an Angel.
Bummer, but happy for him regardless.
Yes. I just heard him say it live on TSN690.
Walker isn’t getting traction. People overestimate the impact of Coors Field on his numbers.
Great fielder with a cannon arm as well. He was pretty much a five tool player.
What a ****ing *******. Carter and Dawson pulled the same crap. **** you, inconsiderate profiteer. Spent more time in Montreal than LA.
Never even mentioned Montreal in the short allocution he just gave. It was all about his native country. I don't have a problem with him honoring his birthplace and roots but he was an Expos developed player, I guess it's so easy to dismiss that now that the team doesn't exist.
From now on, he'll just be Guerrero to me. Gonna get rid of his bat now.
Lol come on. He barely spent more time with the Expos. A single season more. He also had 7 playoff series with the Angels, none for the Expos. His MVP and three Top 3 finishes were with the Angels. 4 of his 8 Silver Sluggers (3 with Montreal and 1 with Texas).
Just be thankful he played in Montreal and never complained about the ****ty ownership and garbage stadium. He played his heart out. No reason to hate a guy for justifiably picking a team with better memories just because he played 150 more games with another.
Not hating him but am not as enthusiastic about him entering the HOF. Sure, he had better individual and team awards with the Angels, but he spent 8 years in Montreal vs. 6 in LA and of course was signed and developed by the Expos, who provided his first opportunity to make it to the big leagues.
I was equally disappointed with Carter and Dawson doing the same thing except that in their cases, the HOF denied their wishes. In Guerrero's situation, they allowed him to choose.
But I'm not going to lose any sleep over it, I don't take millionaires's decisions about their personal preferences all too seriously. Just makes for good message board banter.
It should be a criticism of the Baseball Hall of Fame process. #1 the unwritten code between 75 year old writers that players need to pay their dues and not inducted on their first ballot. #2 arbitrary stats holding so much influence. #3 making players choose a single team to represent when being inducted.
I love baseball but never liked this stupid process. Still holding grudges against Bonds and Clemens too, it’s asinine.
We had a thread for the others, and Vladdy deserves one too!
Not sure if he'll be going in as an Expo (pretty sure he'll be an Angel actually, Vladimir Guerrero) but he'll almost certainly be the last Expo to go into the Hall.
Great player. Possibly the best to ever play in Montreal.
100% agreed.Embarrassing he gets in before Bond.
Bonds was a jackass and is the face of steroids. He'll get in but I have no problem with that guy having to wait 15 years or whatever it is. f*** that guy.Embarrassing he gets in before Bond.
Yeah I remember Gonzalez (his real name was Carlos Alvarez), the nats signed him thinking he was a prodigious teenager, but he was like 21 irl.Probably one of the best arm and raw power in history
He admitted that he is a year older than his Papers . Happens in the DR
There was a scandal of an ex prospect that was 5 years older than his papers . Esmailyn Gonzalez I think
It should be a criticism of the Baseball Hall of Fame process. #1 the unwritten code between 75 year old writers that players need to pay their dues and not inducted on their first ballot. #2 arbitrary stats holding so much influence. #3 making players choose a single team to represent when being inducted.
I love baseball but never liked this stupid process. Still holding grudges against Bonds and Clemens too, it’s asinine.
Bonds was a jackass and is the face of steroids. He'll get in but I have no problem with that guy having to wait 15 years or whatever it is. **** that guy.
Yeah I remember Gonzalez (his real name was Carlos Alvarez), the nats signed him thinking he was a prodigious teenager, but he was like 21 irl.
100% agreed.
Bonds should absolutely be in the hall of fame but he won't because he was a dick to the media. It's not like he'd be the only player on steroids to get in either. Did he even ever test positive while playing?
I didn't say Bonds shouldn't be in, I said that dumbass can sit and wait.
I didn't say Bonds shouldn't be in, I said that dumbass can sit and wait.
He won't ever get in and it's a shame imo (and also his doing)Bonds was a jackass and is the face of steroids. He'll get in but I have no problem with that guy having to wait 15 years or whatever it is. **** that guy.