This will be a quick one, but who is the greatest omission to baseball's Hall of Fame? There is a good deal of argument to made for several players, but I'll give you three.
No. 3 is Jim Rice. True, he spent a large portion of his career as a DH, but was there a more dominant hitter in his era? He was an offensive force who most likely has been kept out as much for his boycott of the media during his career as any other factor.
No. 2 is Jack Morris. He is the best big-game pitcher of his era. He anchored three different pitching staffs on World Series championship teams in Detroit, Minnesota and Toronto. He was a stud.
No. 1 is one of my all-time favorite players. I wore his No. 13 as a little leaguer and this may be the most biased post I'll ever make, but it doesn't make it less true. Davey Concepcion was an all-star in every sense of the word. He was a spectacular defender, as well as the best clutch hitter on one of the greatest collections of talent of all-time, the Big Red Machine. Was there a better SS during the 70's in major league baseball? The answer is no.
Honorable mention to Bert Blyleven. Possessing arguably the best curveball in major league history, to win 287 career games for some of the teams he played with is amazing.
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For me it is Jim Rice, who was the most feared hitter in the game from pretty much his rookie season of 75 thru 86. He had some huge seasons and he did get injured and missed out on about another 6 to 8 seasons of at least 20+ home runs which would have easily put him at about 550 to 600 total. He is my favorite player of all-time. I beleive it is his time for election!!
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