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billf:
I totally agree with what Guaranos posted.

Chad, I believe what Guaranos was implying is is that 500 home runs is currently a lock for the HoF (unless your Mark McGuire) and 3000 hits is a lock.  Not that both needed to be achieved.

Like you said though only a few select are part of the 3000 hit/500 hr club.  Here is a wiki entry for the 3000-500 Club (and you're right Palmeiro is in this select group):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3000-500_Club

Here's a cool stat: Hank Aaron had 755 home runs and 3771 career hits.  If you take away all of his home runs, he still has over 3000 hits.  That is amazing.

Bonds has a long way to go to get 3000 hits.  He's currently just over 2900 hits.

JackTucky:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 20, 2007, 03:32:19 pm ---
What rules has he broken?  Has he failed any drug test?

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 :laugh2:  OJ Simpson is innocent too, right?


--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 20, 2007, 03:32:19 pm ---What I don't get is why people only point fingers at homerun hitters.  Are pitchers and smaller guys not potential steroid users?

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He stinks because he's an ass.  When asked what memorabilia he might send to Cooperstown to document his record, he said, "I look out for me"

It's his asshatness in my eyes that makes most people hate him.  Hank Aaron was a great player who put up with too much during his run.  He's still a great man.  Bonds is a --cream-filled twinkie--.

Hank Aaron sent everything he could to cooperstown. He said it was because "the record belongs to the people"   :notworthy:

Oh, and I think Bonds should send his hats to cooperstown. His hats throughout the years.   One size 7, one 7 1/2, one 8, etc.  Rick Reilly made that joke. 

=J

Guaranos:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 22, 2007, 05:23:47 pm ---
The HR threshhold was always 400HR, not 500.   It used to be either 400HR or 3000 hits were automatic entry, which is why guys like Yastrzemski were such a big deal, having done both.  IIRC it's only like 7-8 guys with both 400 and 3000.  500/3000 is only 4 guys, IIRC, and sadly one of them is Palmeiro.

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For players from the 70's on up, 400 isn't a lock.  See Dave Kingman, Darrell Evans, etc.  Most of their careers were played in the 70's, they have 400+ HR, and are not in.  That list is growing, with Andre Dawson (still a chance), Jose Canseco, Juan Gonzalez, probably Bagwell, probably McGriff, etc. 

500 is getting nearly as meaningless when people like Frank Thomas and Jim Thome can devolve into one-dimensional players fairly early in their career and still reach (or in Thome's case, soon reach) the threshold.  Guys like Thome and Thomas are not in the same class as Mantle, Banks, etc no matter what their HR totals end up at.  The guys who are currently reaching/nearing 600, known cheaters excluded, are the types of players that belong in the hall.

btp2k2:
Boo to juicers!

ChadTower:

And yet the only difference between Bonds and Clemens is that no one dares say "steroids" and "Clemens" in the same sentence for some reason.  Can't figure that one out.

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