Alomar calling it quits

HE was and IMO is a great player, and of cause the spitting incident will come in play when the time comes but.. he " may" make it in, we'll see.

Funny how all his skills just evaporated into thin air after his great year in Cleveland

Actually, his skills diminished when he got to the Mets. I'm a Mets fan but I hate to say it. Every player when they get to the Mets have their skills diminish. Look at Glavine.

Does it have anything to do with the Mets trading for players who on the downside of their career?

Hall of Famer.
All the way.

Don't think Alomar will make the Hall....think he spit on the game when he hit the umpire....IMHO

I dont think he is a HOF player !!!

Not in my book

TR-hit, borderline, possable, maybe, or NOTSURE he's a hall of famer.

TRHit,

I'm sure it does. They have a knack for trading for players beyond their prime. I'm afraid the same thing will happen with Pedro this year. I wished they would of went after Pavano instead. Atleast he is younger.

I do not think he had a "Hall" Career.....

I can never forgive the spitting incedent and I hope that the basbell powers can not as well.

Let's see now, Ty Cobb killed a guy, was a racist, and sharpened his cleats so that he could hurt people when he slid into a base - and he is in the hall. Whether Robbie makes it or not - and he was a great second baseman - will not be influenced by a single incident that he has publicly appoligized for.

I was at Alomar's last game with the DRay's Friday. It was sad, he made two fielding error's in the first. The crowd boo'ed him.

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Originally posted by rbi99:
Let's see now, Ty Cobb killed a guy, was a racist, and sharpened his cleats so that he could hurt people when he slid into a base - and he is in the hall. Whether Robbie makes it or not - and he was a great second baseman - will not be influenced by a single incident that he has publicly appoligized for.

And if Alomar had 4189 hits and a .366 lifetime avg, he should make the hall....

Cobb was a racist when the league and most of America were racist... Does that make it alright? Not IMO. just putting it into perspective!

When I was a kid we all heard the stories about sharpening your cleats and sliding with you feet up in the opponents face, but no one I knew actually did it!

Cong

We sharpened our cleats but never slid into a players face. A lot of players I knew did it.

Most teams knew we did it and they got out of the way quicker than usual when we slid into the bag--made for a lot of infield DP's not happening

TRhit, I am very glad to say that at our high school no one sharpens their spikes (I coach them in the summer). Using your philosophy, if your kid got his knee ripped up by someone like yourself, I am sure you would sit back in the stands and say, "that's just part of the game, my kid should have gotten out of the way quicker". What other "neat little tricks" did you use? I bet if someone hit a homerun, it is ok to go for the next batters head. Of course you didn't mean to hit him there, but accidents happen. He should have gotten out of the way quicker. Hard, aggessive ball, giving no quarters - yes. Dirty ball no way.

RBI

We dont throw at heads--we throw inside--back them off the plate

Also in all my playing I never "sliced" up anyone--

They were not tricks--it was the way the game was played back them

And I have had my head thrown at many times-- mainly because of where i hit in the batting order

Today the game is played in a more passive fashion

So you think Alomar spit on the game? What about Leo Durocher, who also spit on umpires, and more than once?

TRhit, maybe that was the way the game was played, but the fact remains, if some kid didn't know you sharpened your spikes, or if, heaven forbid he wasn't an allstar and didn't get out of the way quick enough, what would have happened to him if you did slide into him full force? That is my point. A hard slide to break up a double play is what is called for, but the chance of you doing serious damage to someone because you sharpened your spikes is plain excessive in my book. And again I ask, what if it was your kid that got carried off the field because someone did that to him? Maybe you didn't slice someone up as you said, but the potential was definately there.

As for baseball being too passive today, there are enough injuries to go around due to the wear and tear of the game on the human body as it is, I am glad people aren't getting hurt because someone bent the rules.

RBI

We bent no rules--that was the way the game was played

I have scars on my legs to prove it

a little harsh to say you will never forgive? I guess you don't live in a glass house, huh? you never did anything you wanted to be forgiven for?
I can forgive, but I may not forget. Big difference, at least to me.