And, I thought, who are humans to think they can determine who is a baseball saint and who isn’t, anyway?

C'mon man! They are either a hall of famer or they are not!

Interesting take. Blyleven was also a favorite of mine in HS as a Pirate. I actually drove with a friend in college from State College, PA to Memorial Stadium to watch him pitch for the Indians against the Orioles. I am happy for him. Much the way I was happy for Maz, although his biggest moment came 9 months before I was born. But like this author from a personal standpoint I can't get all that worked up about the Hall of Fame. I am happy for those that make it... Sometimes sad for those that don't.... But I just can't personally get that worked up about it..... And I'm even a Catholic.

I suspect it's a problem with the editor.

It may not have anything to do with the author.

But it still bugs me.

I mean, really.

It's okay to have more than one sentence per paragraph.

Seriously.

It's okay to have more than one sentence per paragraph.

There's a school of thought that says those one-sentence paragraphs are easier to read on a screen... I tend to be a grammar nazi, but I think there's something to that.

This has to be in the top ten stupidest articles that have come to the attention of BTF. WTF is the point of the article? I mean, really? Utter crap.

Based on posts here, I was under the impression that everybody finds the plaque room boring in the end. But if you find the other exhibits boring, you're not a baseball fan.

So this civilization had "ray weapons" but not, say, jackhammers? And was Stone Boy's superpower really to turn to stone so villains would tire themselves out trying to beat the crap out of him. I gotta assume Stone Boy was slower than Bengie Molina and that the best course of villainous action would be to ignore him and get on with your villainous plans.

Granted, The Thing had surprising mobility for a guy apparently made of rocks so perhaps I also underrate Stone Boy's agility.

who are humans to think they can determine who is a baseball saint and who isn’t, anyway?

Even in Stone Boy's time, it's the Legionnaires* who get to vote in their leader, and not a computer.

*Well, the readers.

Granted, The Thing had surprising mobility for a guy apparently made of rocks so perhaps I also underrate Stone Boy's agility.

Nope, at least at the time I stopped reading it, stone boy's "power" was to turn into an immobile hunk of rock.

Then again, my recollection is that he was not a member of the Legion of Super Heroes, but rather, the Legion of Substitute Heroes -- second raters who were rejected by the Legion and formed a sort of Legionnaires Auxiliary.

I am not at all unhappy that I gave up on comics in 1987 when I did my 2 year stint on the road (Bhopal-Phoenix-Salt Lake City) before locating to Honolulu.

Based on posts here, I was under the impression that everybody finds the plaque room boring in the end.

Not me. I loved reading the plaques.

Of course, when I was last in Cooperstown in the mid 1960's, there were only around 100+ plaques, or 180 less than there are today.

I am not at all unhappy that I gave up on comics in 1987

Marvels "Gilded Age" pretty much ended with Jim Shooter being fired in 1987. Say what you will about him, he oversaw (and wrote!) a fine, fine run for Marvel. DC however put out some very nice stuff that pretty much whittled itself down to "Sandman" which ended in 1996. ...and I will be more than happy to relieve you of any burdensome collection you may have.

No collection. My father stole them and sold them out from under me to support his gambling habit when I was out of town for a couple of years.

I am glad I got out before they started re-writing the DC Universe very other year.

A Cromwellian nap? Wouldn't the Cromwellian reaction be to destroy the idolatrous Cobb statue and then kill everyone working in the Museum?

A Cromwellian nap?

They also serve who only snooze and wait.

Say what you will about him, he oversaw (and wrote!) a fine, fine run for Marvel.

I'll say he's a terrible writer, actually. Secret Wars was an unforgivable abomination.

A Cromwellian nap? Wouldn't the Cromwellian reaction be to destroy the idolatrous Cobb statue and then kill everyone working in the Museum?

At least all the Irish.

I'll say he's a terrible writer, actually. Secret Wars was an unforgivable abomination.

Shooter is the second best fanboy writer in comics. Geoff Johns being the best. Secret Wars has a lot of fun and good moments. The Korvac Saga is outstanding, and Jim is Alan Moore when you compare his LSH stories to the Silver Age shlock around them.

Marvels "Gilded Age" pretty much ended with Jim Shooter being fired in 1987. Say what you will about him, he oversaw (and wrote!) a fine, fine run for Marvel. DC however put out some very nice stuff that pretty much whittled itself down to "Sandman" which ended in 1996. ...and I will be more than happy to relieve you of any burdensome collection you may have.

Somewhere between the early 70s, when I stopped collecting, and the late 1990s, Marvel artwork completely changed. Spiderman went from being pretty much anthropomorphically correct to this weird critter with mask eyes half the size of his head, and other criminal assaults on my childhood recollections. Was Marvel imitating Manga, or something else...? It looked awful.