David Ortiz’s Hall of Fame candidacy shares similarities with Mariano Rivera.
They are specialists — a designated hitter and a closer — and voters have tended to hold those with limited jobs to a higher standard. As a voter, I do. But I think, like Rivera, Ortiz reached the higher standards.
If you had to have one person ever close out a World Series game, would you pick anyone before Rivera? If you had to pick anyone to take a huge October at-bat, Ortiz would be in strong consideration. I did put a check mark next to Ortiz. Do I have concerns about his legitimacy? You bet. Just like Jeff Bagwell, Mike Piazza and Pudge Rodriguez, who already are in Cooperstown. Ortiz did not have his first Hall-worthy season until age 27. But we have seen late bloomers. Jeff Kent, who is on this ballot, did not have his first elite season until age 29. And Rivera was a decent, but not great, prospect throwing 90 mph who the Yankees were considering trading in 1995 for David Wells.
. He said he wanted off of the ballot when he didn’t get in last year and wanted to be judged by former players on the Today’s Game Era Committee. First, more than 70 percent of the writers he said knew nothing, voted for him. Second, there are writers on the Today’s Game Era Committee.
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