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HBT: HOF voters: Choose Piazza, or accuse him

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AP Jeff Bagwell gave the Hall of Fame voters an easy way out. Sure, his body of work leaves him qualified for Cooperstown based on the standards for first basemen, but he didn’t bat. 300 for his career or hit 500 homers. His one MVP season came in strike-shortened 1994. That’s also the only year he led the league in a Triple Crown category. Thus, a Hall of Fame voter can look at Bagwell’s record and say it’s not quite Hall of Fame worthy, all without getting into the messy steroid issue. Will they be able to do the same for Mike Piazza? A career.308/.377/. 545 hitter with 427 homers in 16 seasons, Piazza is pretty obviously the greatest offensive catcher the game has ever seen. His 143 OPS+ is well in front of any other player to catch at least 70 percent of his games.

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HBT: HOF voters: Choose Piazza, or accuse him

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HBT: A message to Baseball Hall of Fame voters -- either select Mike Piazza for induction on your ballot, or outwardly accuse him of using steroids.

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