Comments on: Hall of Fame 2010: Roberto Alomar

By: screen printing design

screen printing design — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:56:03 +0000

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By: Paul in KY

Paul in KY — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:47:41 +0000

If he didn’t use steroids, then he has compiled the career stats that get you to the Hall. I probably wouldn’t put him in 1st year, because he was such a dick.
I would vote for him in 2nd year, etc.

By: YANKEES1996

YANKEES1996 — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:28:10 +0000

Roberto Alomar in the HOF on the first ballot, hell yes! Watch the old videotape he was a fantastic fielder, solid hitter and a good clutch hitter. He anchored the Blue Jays up the middle defense and won back to back WS titles. I would have loved to see him play for the Yankees instead of Knoblach. He was a double play turning wizard.
When he played for the Orioles it was cool to see him play with Cal Ripken and Mike Bordick. I don’t care about the spitting incident with Hirschbeck and Alomar was a clean player. Both him and his brother Sandy were above average players. Robbie Alomar is a lock for the HOF!

By: Provo

Provo — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:23:34 +0000

He doesn’t deserve the Hall, but maybe he’s within spitting distance.

By: smokehouse

smokehouse — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:42:10 +0000

Sorry to bust your fawning over Alomar but in my humble opinion there are many that are ahead of him. Many!

By: Stone

Stone — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:03:25 +0000

I don’t know. Obviously there’s no tangible evidence that would hold up in court, but there’s some circumstantial evidence. I believe its a safe bet to say the majority of Latin batting stars during that era were juicing. Isn’t Pudge from Puerto Rico as well? Didn’t Sosa, Tejada, and Pudge all decline pretty quickly as well? I’m not saying he shouldn’t get in, but he’s a steroids guy IMO.

By: Andrew Kwon

Andrew Kwon — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:10:34 +0000

The fact that Alomar declined so quickly at a relatively young age should point to the fact he did not use steroids. My memories of him in the early 90s are somewhat clouded by the fact I was a child, he had possibly the most catchy baseball commercial ever on 24/7. He also hit the biggest home run in blue jays history. The original is not online but here is a later version of "catch the taste" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnu9DCLJtRE It's my understanding though for a few years he was thought of as one of the bestoverall players in the league despite not getting any MVP's. He had just enough power, speed, batting average which was the in thing back then. I'll be ready to make my first trip to cooperstown as soon as he's elected.

By: Stone

Stone — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:23:13 +0000

Steroids.

By: (Not That) Tom

(Not That) Tom — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:12:31 +0000

“who when you needed a win there wasn’t anyone else you would want on the mound”
Except for, like, 100 other pitchers.

By: NastyNate

NastyNate — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:47:29 +0000

I always thought that to be considered for the HOF one needed to be dominant at his position for at least a decade. I think Alomar qualifies as being the most dominant second baseman from 1990-2001.
And on a side note, that’s why I think Jack Morris should be going in too. Most wins in the ’80′s, 3 WS rings, 5 top-5 Cy Young vote getter, and more impressive, 5 times he placed in MVP voting. And we can’t forget 2 dominating postseasons, and a true money pitcher, who when you needed a win there wasn’t anyone else you would want on the mound.

By: NastyNate

NastyNate — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:46:58 +0000