Does McGuire deserve to be in the Hall of Fame?
927558
i am not here to talk about the past.no he does not.
726570
I would consider him to be a start in turning the franchise around.  No single player with the possible exception of Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and a hand full of others were capable of carrying a franchise on their shoulders.
190400
HELL YES!!! so what he bet on baseball.. did he bet on his team to lose?? there are drunks , wife beaters and murders in the nfl hall of fame. so what we are telling our children is , you can be an alcoholic who beats his wife and maybe even murders her but you BETTER NOT GAMBLE!!!!\nYES HE BELONGS IN THE HALL OF FAME
219324
of course....he will be a hall of famer and possibly one of the best ever!!!! .......no one even compares to him right now
357756
The man was all guts, played with heart everyday, never a slacker. His on field talent should be enough to get him into the hall. My problem is he never really admitted to the public and baseball itself that he was wrong. He kind of but not really did this last time.....for one I don't think it was enough. Admit your fully wrong Pete, you were too good a player to not be there.
988994
I, too, was very surprised that Murphy did not make the Hall of Fame. It's unusual for a two time MVP to have that long a career and not make it.  I figured he'd go in easily once he was eligible.\n\nA couple of things might have hurt his chances... first, he didn't have a lot of post-season exposure, having made the playoffs only once, in 1982.  \n\nThe other thing that hurt him, I'm guessing, is that his career went downhill pretty quickly, and he was unable to do what a lot of people (myself included) THOUGHT he would do, in terms of career numbers.\n\nHe played in what was probably the best 'hitters' park in baseball, so I'm sure some HOF voters probably discounted his career numbers because of that.\n\nOf the ten most similar players, Duke Snider (#2) is the only one who is in the HOF, although Ron Santo (#4) and Gil Hodges (#5) should probably be in the HOF as well,  Joe Carter is the most similar. But Snider himself has only one HOF in HIS top ten comps, that being Johnny Mize).\n\n2,111 hits is not, in itself, a HOF number. Murphy  ranked 183rd after the 2004 season...since then, he might have dropped a spot or two)\n\nSnider played in six World Series (winning two) and hit 11 World Series Home Runs, so that might give him an edge over Murphy in terms of his HOF chances.\n\nIt's true that many players with lesser numbers are in the HOF, but if a selection is later shown to be a mistake (as many have), I don't think we can really use that to say that everyone who's better than 'this guy X' has to be inducted.\n\nIn the end, to me, it's not Murphy's 'fault' that he didn't do what a lot of us thought he would do in terms of career numbers... he played as well as he could, and played hard every day, from his first major league game right up to his last.  And whle it doesn't seem right, I think that if he had reached 400 HRs instead of 398, that actually might have put him over...\n\nHe still might eventually make it, especially when voters start re-evaluating some pre-steroids players in light of the common use of steroids over the last 10-15 years...\n\nLet's hope that he eventually makes it, because I think he does deserve the honor... he certainly would not be lowering any standards if he were to be selected, that's for sure.
1157672
They should just add a special wing to the Hall of Fame-\n\nThe Chemically Enhanced Cheater Wing-\n\nfor guys like Bonds & Mark MacGuire.\n\nThen, for guys like Pete Rose-\n\nThe Criminal Wing.
455481
No Terry Bradshaw would not be in the Hall of Fame if he played for the Bengals. Terry Bradshaw was not a great of QB as Ken Anderson, Is name is more well know than Ken Anderson because of the players for the the great cacth by Franco Harris RB, Lynn Swann WR, Frank Lewis WR, John Stallworth WR, Mean Joe Green DT, Jack Lambert LB, Jack Banaszak DE, Jack Ham LB, Mel Blount CB # 11 interceptions in 1975 and on and on that Chuck Noll knew how to put a team totgether. During that era when Pittsburgh was so good with what won them the games really other players. Ken Anderson work with what he had even if he did have Archie Giffin Heisman Trophy winner took the pressure of Ken he still led the NFL in passing 2 years in a roll even when Pittsburgh beat them if Ken Anderson was the QB for Pittsburgh they would of won more Super Bowls than Terry Bradshaw help get. So i know thats a long way around the (bush) NO to Terry Bradshaw, YES to Ken Anderson.
318308
If he keeps up what he is doing this year then definatly. A run scored every game exept one, thats some potinential Hall of Fame Material.
141054
Good fan appeal, and not much more.  And that was back in the day.  He is not good enough for the Hall Of Fame.  And he is a cheat (corked bats and the roids).
78214
Yes, He earn the top spot for the worst clutch QB of all time.\n\nHe's let his teamates, coaches, and fans down.
604195
No Stanley Cups hurt him a little, but I would have to think that there's a little corner of the Hall of Fame that Dale Hunter can occupy. The only parallel I can give is to Dick Butkus in the NFL. Hunter was just a bastard to play against.
435144
Well, let's put it like Stone Cold Steve Austin would say "Hell Yeah!"  He definately deserves to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame!  It is very long overdue!  He was one of a kind!  He was very talented!  He is missed by alot of his fans and even if he is forgotten by others, he will NEVER be forgotten by his true fans!
688729
Yes, Pete Rose. My hero when I was a kid. What a f*cking *sshole he was. He wouldn't so much as acknowledge the kids who were waving and screaming his name.\n\nI hope that S.O.B. never makes it to the hall of fame.
24285
One of the best in Pittsburgh. You would know. He won the '60 World Series with a walk off HR against the Yanks.
191980
Efren "Bata" Reyes of the Philippines. Already a hall of famer. Just recently won the King of the hill tournament. $200,000 price money. Earl Strickland is second from the US though Francisco "Django" Bustamante of the Phil have something to say about that.
1103339
Yes he should because he played the game. He was wrong not to turn the others in BUT that shouldn't keep him out of the Hall. He should have been kept out of the game, forced to retire. The ones who were cheating should have been kept out of the Hall. Bonds isn't IN THE HALL for the record. Neither is Big Mac, who proably won't get in. I'm sure he is pissed that Bonds hasn't retired because Bonds is a reminder of that era and it will make the voters vote against him as a punishment to what he likely did. Until they are in you can't compare the two situations.