Back in college, my good friend Jenny Rycenga and I used to play a Hot Stove League game we called "The Hall of Frank Howard," identifying players who were one notch below the Hall of Fame, but, we said, "deserved their own hall."
Examples: If Steve Garvey is not a Hall-of-Famer - opinions will differ, as I see from a lengthy thread in this sub-forum - then he is obviously Hall of Frank Howard. Dwight Evans might actually deserve to make the HOF sabermetrically, but you know he never will, so we've got a spot reserved for him in the HOFH. Mark Grace. Jim Kaat. Jerry Koosman. Among old-timers, Indian Bob Johnson.
I'll stop there and allow members of this forum to nominate their own candidates! It's kind of a fun game.
Examples: If Steve Garvey is not a Hall-of-Famer - opinions will differ, as I see from a lengthy thread in this sub-forum - then he is obviously Hall of Frank Howard. Dwight Evans might actually deserve to make the HOF sabermetrically, but you know he never will, so we've got a spot reserved for him in the HOFH. Mark Grace. Jim Kaat. Jerry Koosman. Among old-timers, Indian Bob Johnson.
I'll stop there and allow members of this forum to nominate their own candidates! It's kind of a fun game.
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