A link to his Hall of Merit discussion thread.

Boyer is in the Hall of Merit. At the same time, he's probably one of the weakest inductees of the HoM.

Clearly, Santo should go in ahead of Boyer. But it's not ridiculous to argue a case for Boyer.

Boyer is in the Hall of Merit. At the same time, he's probably one of the weakest inductees of the HoM.

Clearly, Santo should go in ahead of Boyer. But it's not ridiculous to argue a case for Boyer.

That is kinda what I was thinking, I always belief you should argue for the best case first before wasting time on a lesser candidate. Santo is a better choice, so the effort should be put into his case. If Boyer was on the regular ballot and Santo was on the Veterans ballot then I can see arguing for Boyer because you are arguing with a different group of voters, but since they are on the same ballot, then Santo is the guy to be expending effort on.

That is kinda what I was thinking, I always belief you should argue for the best case first before wasting time on a lesser candidate. Santo is a better choice, so the effort should be put into his case. If Boyer was on the regular ballot and Santo was on the Veterans ballot then I can see arguing for Boyer because you are arguing with a different group of voters, but since they are on the same ballot, then Santo is the guy to be expending effort on.

The blog is I-70 baseball. Clearly their agenda is inducting Cardinals (and presumably Royals as well), and not to be fair or objective.

He happens to be the only Cardinal with a retired number who is not in the Hall of Fame.

I like Boyer's case, but...giggle.

Sorry, but as long as Santo's out, there is no case for Boyer.

The blog is I-70 baseball. Clearly their agenda is inducting Cardinals (and presumably Royals as well)

And Rockies, Pirates and the occasional comment on the Orioles.

... and the Utah sand...

He happens to be the only Cardinal with a retired number who is not in the Hall of Fame.

Gussie Busch is not in the Hall of Fame. His retired number, btw, is 85, because that's how old he was when the team decided it would retire a number for him (and apparently it didn't occur to anyone that he would soon enough be 86). But at least the decision eliminated the wrangling among players year after year for the coveted No. 85 jersey.

Boyer nosed out Nettles by 1 pt as the "worst" of the 18 Hall of Merit 3Bs.
Neither one was chosen as one of the top 13, and only one of 23 voters picked either one in the top 15 when they went head-to-head.

They're the only 2 who it seems really safe to say that few of us would actually pick them for the "real" Hall - they're just better than a couple of VC chumps, basically.

Which does mean they didn't have excellent careers. But if Boyer, then why not other HOM picks like Nettles, Stan Hack, Darrell Evans, etc.

Santo finished 7th...