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As you may have heard, Atlanta Braves' star, Chipper Jones has announced that this will be his farewell season. Speculation is that he will be a first ballot Hall of Famer and why not?
Listen to these credentials: 1999 NL MVP, a career Batting Average of .304, a career OPS of .935 (making him 31st overall), 454 Home Runs and a career WAR of 82.7, which makes him 35th overall for position players. Chipper Jones also has not been attached to controversy of any kind. Realistically, there is no reason to think that he won't get in right away (2017). Enjoy this season, and take a chance to catch him if he visits your ballpark, and honor one of the great ones.
It has been long rumored, but on wwe.com, it was officially announced that Yokozuna would be joining the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2012. The former two time WWE World Heavyweight Champion was one of the most dominant big men in the history of the business, and a star in an era where the "E" did not have very many. We had him ranked very high, and we are very happy with this induction.
Lost in the shuffle of the Peyton Manning signing in Denver was the retirement of Hines Ward. The career Pittsburgh Steeler elected to retire in lieu of trying to ply his trade elsewhere.
Statistically, Ward has a solid Canton argument. At exactly 1,000 career receptions and 12,083 yards caught, he is retiring with the 8th most and 18th most in those categories resepectively. Granted, there are current Wide Receivers with better career numbers than Ward, but it is likely by the time he becomes eligible that those players will have gained their rightful enshrinement.
Hines Ward also has other intangibles in his favor. As a two time Super Bowl Champion (and MVP in one of them) and an advocate of Korean Americans and other mixed race children, it may be difficult to keep him out.
Thoughts?
As you may have heard, Andy Pettitte has returned to the New York Yankees. The pitcher retired somewhat abrubtly, as his last season (2010) was a very good campaign that saw him go 11 and 3 with an All Star appearance, so there was reason to think he could continue. Some have speculated that his retirement was brought on by his then impending role in the Roger Clemens trial, and as he has stated recently that he is "mentally ready to play", we have to wonder if there is some validity to that.
Regardless of his reasoning, Pettitte's return raises Hall of Fame questions for us. We were not sure when he retired whether he was Cooperstown material or not. Granted, he had a very impressive won/loss record of 240 and 138, but playing for some great teams certainly helped that statistic. Quietly, he has raied himself to #48 all time, but his WHIP is average and only three times was he in the top ten in WAR (for pitchers). We suspected, that he would have made our list but likely the bottom half.
So we ask this.... what would Andy Pettitte have to do to make himself a lock for the Hall of Fame, or at least raise his chances? He does not have enough juice left to get 300 wins, or 3,000 strikeouts (we don't think anyway), so that might be out. Is it possible? We would love to hear what you think.