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    JM Catellier: Is Pedro Martinez a First Ballot Hall of Famer?

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    posted 3 days ago by Repoz to hof, sabermetrics  |  155 comment(s)

    Welcome back, JM Catellier…and his “own unique statistical formula”!

    The average 20th century Hall of Fame starting pitcher has 258.3 career wins. That number is dragged down by Sandy Koufax’ 165 victories, but he can’t be omitted from this exercise as I consider him the best starting pitcher to ever throw a baseball.

    Former Boston Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez retired following the 2009 season with just 219 wins and only two 20-win seasons. Is it possible that he’s a first ballot Hall of ...

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    101. Andere Richtingen  posted on January 05, 2013 at 12:29 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    It's good to see the Hall of Fame enshrinement thing imploding on the force of its own stupidity. And it was stupid before this steroid business came along.

    The Hall of Fame is great as a museum. It is not a church, and there should be no sainthood.
    102. J.R. Wolf posted on January 05, 2013 at 12:55 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    "Don't worry about him, he's just a hateful crank that should have died in 1980."


    Wow, and I thought that I had a bad opinion of the old crank.
    103. Sheer Tim Foli  posted on January 05, 2013 at 01:50 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Did he throw in "new fangled" as a bit of a grist for the younger folks' mill? A little poke? Or does he really talk that way and that was completely free of irony?

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