At least Randall Cunningham's debatable. But Dubya in Cooperstown? Politics aside, is there any justification for this at all?
posted by Ufez Jones to baseball at 02:50 PM - 5 comments
That's absurd. I couldn't believe I wasn't reading The Onion.
posted by jmpeterson at 03:18 PM on August 27, 2002
Didn't he trade Sammy Sosa?
posted by kirkaracha at 04:12 PM on August 27, 2002
kirk - yup. from the article: "Baseball's all-time hits leader is not eligible for the Hall of Fame but the man who traded away Sammy Sosa is." It was the first line? Don't you even read the links, number 6? ;)
posted by Ufez Jones at 04:26 PM on August 27, 2002
Caple rules, even though he hates the Yankees. Dubya in cooperstown as anything but a guess? Now that's just ri god damned diculous.
posted by Bernreuther at 11:58 PM on August 27, 2002
"...The committee dropped the ball with Bush. He belongs in the Hall of Fame as much as Pete Rose belongs in the White House." - Jim Caple Couldn't put it any better...
posted by rosey8810 at 02:54 PM on August 27, 2002