What More Could Biggio Have Done?

by Joe Holland

3,060 Hits

668 2B

291 HR

414 SB

1160 BB

.796 OPS

64.9 WAR

Am I missing something?  So yes, no postseason heroics. No WS win.  No MVP.  1,000 more strikeouts than the average HOF batter. Plus, he wore all that body armor, what a cheater (except that loses some credibility when you vote for Bonds who happened to wear some himself) *  He fell two votes short of making the HOF this year, next years ballot isn’t going to be any more friendly to his chances with Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Gary Sheffield in the mix.

*Thanks to Jonah Keri for finding these (is this guy a worse cartoonist or voter?):

“Maybe it’s because I seldom saw the AL after moving to a NL city.” -HoF voter/cartoonist on not voting for F. Thomas http://t.co/k6m1GnDdh0

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) January 11, 2014

Also says his hatred for Cubs might’ve influenced his non-vote for Frank Thomas. And won’t back Biggio (but will Bonds) because body armor.

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) January 11, 2014