Flippin' Heck, The Hall Hails Eck





Congratulations to Dennis Eckersley, the stand-up guy who inspired the name of this very blog. Eck, a pretty good starter for the Indians & Red Sox and later, the dominant closer of his generation with the Oakland A's, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame today. Receiving 421 votes (needing 380 to gain election), Eckersley is expected to wear the A's cap on his Hall Of Fame plaque and that's a good thing, because if a man in his 40's walked around town wearing something that gaudy, people would point and stare.

Paul Molitor, the 3B/2B/DH who had so many great years with the Brewers before finally getting a ring with Toronto, was also elected for 431 votes. Molitor's numbers are impossible to argue with, but I'll try anyway. There are other Miwaukee fixtures with equally impressive resumes that the Hall has failed to recognize :

Butch Vig : connects the Sonic Youth family tree to that of the Exploited.
The Frogs : finest songs ever about sex with people in wheelchairs, the elderly and children
Jeffrey Dahmer : often mistaken for Jeff Dahl in google searches.




David L. Lander : Squiggy, and a scout for the Angels.

How about revoking the BBWA memberships of whoever voted for Randy Myers, Juan Samuel or Kevin Mitchell ?

Posted: Mon - January 5, 2004 at 06:02 PM      

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