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Mets Police 2009 HOF Ballot (and Hall of Garvey Nominees)

 
Rickey Henderson.  Yep.  You know a HOFer when you see one.  Memo to Rickey - wear an A's hat.   Jim Rice . Nope.  He belongs in the Hall of Garvey (which I invented to give a home to the likes of Jim Rice, Steve Garvey, Don Mattingly, Keith Hernandez).   Tommy John.  In.  288 wins.  Randy Johnson might be the final guy to get to this number.  Plus Rickey is a knucklehead and doesn't deserve to have the day to himself.   Dave Concepcion.   No.   Bert Blyleven.  287 wins.  How do I put John in and not Blyleven.  I know a HOF when I see one, he wasn't.  Off to the Hall of Garvey.   Andre Dawson, Harold Baines, Don Mattingly.  No   Dave Parker, Alan Trammell, Lee Smith.  No.  Did you ever go to a game and get excited about Lee Smith?  No.   Jack Morris.  In.   I know one when I see one.      ... (link)

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