Comments on: Julio Franco Retires http://www.metstoday.com/uncategorized/2008/julio-franco-retires/ New York Mets news, game recaps, opinion, and analysis Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:42:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: isuzudude http://www.metstoday.com/uncategorized/2008/julio-franco-retires/#comment-11134 isuzudude Tue, 06 May 2008 13:38:06 +0000 http://www.metstoday.com/uncategorized/2008/julio-franco-retires/#comment-11134 Good points, Joe...and I think you're right. Julio likely won't be HOF bound. Good points, Joe…and I think you’re right. Julio likely won’t be HOF bound.

]]> By: joe http://www.metstoday.com/uncategorized/2008/julio-franco-retires/#comment-11130 joe Tue, 06 May 2008 04:57:55 +0000 http://www.metstoday.com/uncategorized/2008/julio-franco-retires/#comment-11130 I'm not sure about Julio Franco in the HOF. His longevity is impressive, to be sure, but longevity alone is not enough to get in. Otherwise, Jesse Orosco would be considered -- not to mention Minnie Minoso. His 2500+ hits are impressive, but Alan Trammell had nearly as many, was a better all-around player, and will likely never sniff Cooperstown. The main knocks against Franco, in my opinion, are that the answers to these two questions are "no" : 1) did anyone ever consider him to be one of the top five players in the game? 2) did anyone ever say "this guy is a future hall of famer" ? My best guess is Julio Franco fits into that "not quite" category -- one that includes guys like Trammell, Lou Whitaker, Dale Murphy, Jim Kaat, Tommy John, Don Mattingly, Albert Belle, Dick Allen, Joe Torre (the player), Rusty Staub, and dozens of others. Seriously -- would you vote for Julio Franco before Mattingly or Staub? Before Jim Rice? I’m not sure about Julio Franco in the HOF. His longevity is impressive, to be sure, but longevity alone is not enough to get in. Otherwise, Jesse Orosco would be considered — not to mention Minnie Minoso.

His 2500+ hits are impressive, but Alan Trammell had nearly as many, was a better all-around player, and will likely never sniff Cooperstown.

The main knocks against Franco, in my opinion, are that the answers to these two questions are “no” : 1) did anyone ever consider him to be one of the top five players in the game? 2) did anyone ever say “this guy is a future hall of famer” ?

My best guess is Julio Franco fits into that “not quite” category — one that includes guys like Trammell, Lou Whitaker, Dale Murphy, Jim Kaat, Tommy John, Don Mattingly, Albert Belle, Dick Allen, Joe Torre (the player), Rusty Staub, and dozens of others.

Seriously — would you vote for Julio Franco before Mattingly or Staub? Before Jim Rice?

]]> By: sincekindergarten http://www.metstoday.com/uncategorized/2008/julio-franco-retires/#comment-11129 sincekindergarten Mon, 05 May 2008 21:53:59 +0000 http://www.metstoday.com/uncategorized/2008/julio-franco-retires/#comment-11129 As the oldest to do a bunch of things that Joe highlighted, and somewhat consistently, I think that he won't be a first-timer, but maybe in his . . . third year of consideration. As the oldest to do a bunch of things that Joe highlighted, and somewhat consistently, I think that he won’t be a first-timer, but maybe in his . . . third year of consideration.

]]> By: isuzudude http://www.metstoday.com/uncategorized/2008/julio-franco-retires/#comment-11124 isuzudude Mon, 05 May 2008 16:11:24 +0000 http://www.metstoday.com/uncategorized/2008/julio-franco-retires/#comment-11124 How much consideration will Franco get for the HOF? How much consideration will Franco get for the HOF?

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