As previously (albeit infrequently) stated, we here at The Theorem like to point out quality reads from the world of sports. Here is a particularly attention-holding piece from Keith Law regarding Tim Raines' HoF candidacy as well as the composition of the HoF voting body.
And just for fun, compare Law's sophisticated research-based take to the ...... umm,.... different approach taken by Dan Shaughnessy regarding Jim Rice.
More recently, as he snared more votes, there was a backlash among new-age, basement-dwelling number crunchers who found flaws in Rice's résumé (always borderline by Cooperstown's lofty standards).... But the older writers had the benefit of being eyewitnesses. They watched Rice hit and saw the nightly fear in the visitors dugout at Fenway.
[Well-played.]
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I love this line of argument - he was a childhood hero of mine and, though his stats aren't actually that good, I remember him being awesome and my hazy memory of a boyhood hero totally outweighs what actually happened in the games that were played so, yeah, he's in.
That is the argument I plan to use for Kent Hrbek.
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