Is Konerko HOF worthy?

[FedEx227]

I said this in another thread, but he's closer than you think. He's one of those guys that has some monster years, but gets very little attention.

The biggest issue with Konerko is mediocre years mixed in with monster years. And even those monster years are good but not out of this world good. Not a single one of his years is really going to blow your mind.

Where he struggles the most, as I mentioned, is he couldn't put together 5-8 "really good" years in a row. Instead you'd have duds like 2003, 2007-2009 sprinkled among some pretty solid but not spectacular years.

[FedEx227]

Is there really that much of a difference between DH and 1B? Would people consider Paul Molitor and Edgar Martinez more HOF worthy if they played 1B?

Just asking.

To me, absolutely not. To crotchety old baseball writers stuck in the 1960s or latching on to nostalgia and the idea that the DH and bullpens ruined baseball, it still is a big deal.

[Senser81]

Did you originally post on CCS, and then migrated to VSN/VSD?

[FedEx227]

What? I was at Madden Mania in like 2003. We've been over this like 15 times.