Rafael Palmeiro

[Bob_R]

This guy hit his 563rd career HR last night vs. the Yankees .

And he's 10 hits shy of 3,000.

He's done all this with very little fanfare.

I mean I do not think he's ever lead the league in HR's or hit 50 in a season.

I mean he tied Reggie Jackson's HR total. Everyone thinks of Reggie as a HR hitter.

Does anyone else share my feelings on this?

[High Life Man]

Definate HOF'r.

And a boner pill popper.

[Bill Lumbergh]

There are MANY media idiots(including Jim Rome) who think Raffy is not a Hall of Famer. They base those views on the fact that he was never considered one of the top five players in the game. Bullshit. Definite HOF. The consistency he displayed is nothing short of amazing.........

[Itakenoshit]

I am not into baseball that much but I like to go to live games.
Now be nice to me I am new here.

[monkeythe]

He definately belongs in the hall. I think HOF'ers fall into 2 categories, those stars that shine very bright for a short time & the compilers that do there business slow & steady over time & when you look back you say wow.

By the way, who takes anything Jim Rome says seriously. I had to shut off the Pat Tillman memorial on ESPN because I couldn't stand Rome & I got sick watching him mc'ing a ceremony on such a great man..

[superdave]

I consider him one of the greatest of all time, better than a lot of the so called 'superstars' out now, and he is a classy guy

I would put him in the same class as Rod Carew, whose swing was the sweetest in baseball

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Originally posted by EVH FANATIC
This guy hit his 563rd career HR last night vs. the Yankees .

And he's 10 hits shy of 3,000.

He's done all this with very little fanfare.

I mean I do not think he's ever lead the league in HR's or hit 50 in a season.

I mean he tied Reggie Jackson's HR total. Everyone thinks of Reggie as a HR hitter.

Does anyone else share my feelings on this?

Yeah, I was at this game when he hit it, and I was thinking the same exact thing...

[Figs]

He is very unheralded. Definitely should go to the Hall. I remember him being the only guy to homer off Mariano Rivera in 1996. My only gripe (not about him really) was when they gave him a 1st base gold glove for a year he was DH for about 140 games. I guess they felt he was short changed in the past.

[POJO_Risin]

I wouldn't consider him one of the greatest from year to year...although there were a few where he WAS one of the top 5-10 players in the game...so Rome is full of shit...

I would consider him one of the great players of the game though, career wise...

1. You don't last this long in the game unless you are good...

2. You can't be an average player and have 3,000 hits...and 600 homers (which he will do...although rumblings are that this is his final year...and he's said he wouldn't play another just to hit 600)

3. He was, correct me if I'm wrong...a gold glove first baseman...so he doesn't fit the exact DH strategy that some are taking...

By the way...his 15TH HOMER OF THE YEAR puts him 2 shy of 3,000...

[Warham]

I wish the Cubs wouldn't have traded him in '89.

[POJO_Risin]

You didn't like Mark Grace?

[Figs]

Originally posted by POJO_Risin
3. He was, correct me if I'm wrong...a gold glove first baseman...so he doesn't fit the exact DH strategy that some are taking...

http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/7958

Yup, although I really don't get the 1999 award....

[POJO_Risin]

Maybe that was the year you were talking about earlier...

Gold Glove DH?

lmfao....maybe he didn't drop any fucking donuts in the on-deck circle...

[Figs]

I still think he's in the Hall, but that award was a joke.

This list shows it as a 1st base gold glove.

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=List+of+AL+Gold+Glove+Winners+at+First+Base&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&linktext=1B

[POJO_Risin]

Even so...2 Gold Gloves...in that career...probably deserved more...

but those offensive #'s ARE FUCKING INCREDIBLE!!!!

If he gets 600...

600/3000 is the land of the unknown...

just Aaron and fucking Mays...I think...