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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Kansas Baseball HOF Class of 2008 - Congrats to Bill James and Shockers

Uh-oh…Bill James and Joe Carter going in together. Or as James wrote in the NHBA…“I think it is hard to say that the record shows that Joe Carter deserves any special credit as a clutch hitter”

Bill James attended KU for four years but left without a degree to join the army in 1971.  I’d love it if the university awarded him an honorary degree (if they haven’t already).  James is certainly one of the most influential baseball writers of all time.  In the 1970’s he almost single-handedly started a movement that allowed fans of the game to follow their hobby into even deeper layers of unhealthy obsession.

Repoz Posted: February 12, 2008 at 05:29 PM | 5 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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   1. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: February 12, 2008 at 06:19 PM (#2688983)
Jim Rice, snubbed again. I know he's not technically from Kansas, but he induced so much fear in us Kansans, that really he deserves to be in.

Good for Bill. Its really a shame that the Royals never hired him. I heard that Allard Baird once asked him to do a study for them. Bill did it and never heard from the Royals again. Wasted opportunity.

I'm really surprised it took this long for Phil Stephenson to get in. He's like the god of Shockers baseball, the best college baseball team in the state.

I'm really confused by who is in the "Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame" and who is in the "Wichita Sports Hall of Fame". The Kansas Baseball HOF only includes baseball players it would seem, and is not limited to just Wichita, whereas the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame is not limited to baseball, but is limited to just Wichita.

Interesting that Roberto Alomar is on the 2008 ballot for the Wichita Sports HOF for spending one season playing in the minors in Wichita.
   2. TakeandRake Posted: February 12, 2008 at 06:52 PM (#2689034)
I agree, the Royals blew it by not getting a hold of James. But I couldn't think of a person who deserved this recognition more than him.
   3. The Bones McCoy of THT Posted: February 12, 2008 at 08:09 PM (#2689135)
..."I think it is hard to say that the record shows that Joe Carter deserves any special credit as a clutch hitter”


For a brief moment in October 1993 he sure as hell was. :-)

Best Regards

John
   4. jwb Posted: February 12, 2008 at 09:51 PM (#2689263)
The odds on seeing a "Kyle Farnsworth: Hall of Famer!" headline just got a whole lot better.
   5. RMc's grumbling has gone far enough Posted: February 12, 2008 at 11:59 PM (#2689377)
Good for Bill. Its really a shame that the Royals never hired him.

But they did hire this guy. How come he's not in the Hall?
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