I'm Tired Of The Hall Of Fame

Yeah, I watched some of that crap on TV. The problem I have with the Hall of Fame is that it doesn't so much honor baseball as distort it.

Baseball isn't about individuals. It's about teamwork.

Great teams should be inducted into the Hall but not individuals alone.

I'm tired of the egotism and the notion that somehow one player matters that much. Often the player that matters the most to a championship team is a tipping point player (think Scott Podsednik in 2005).

Too often, statistics drive the selection process and stats can prevent us from seeing the bigger picture. Consider the stolen base statistic. In the early days, it also included taking an extra base on a single (e.g., going from first to third or second to home on a single). That was a better indicator of base running ability than the narrow definition we give the stat today.

Let's start a new Hall of Fame and put only teams in it. And let's start using stats that point to the big picture.