GARY SHEFFIELD IS AMONG THE UNEMPLOYED after being released by the Detroit Tigers yesterday, but it's likely shortly lived. He still has that intimidating look at the plate but at age 40 the tools are in obvious decline. Stuck on 499 career homeruns, he's itching to join the 500 club. A few years ago I started thinking Sheff deserved to be in the Hall of Fame despite all his verbal antics, and let's not forget his intentional errors with Milwaukee coming up. But like the McGwire, Sosa and Palmeiro, he'll be on the outside looking in for quite a while until writers gain more clarity and insight on the the issue of performance-enhancing drugs.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Sheffield Sitting on 499
GARY SHEFFIELD IS AMONG THE UNEMPLOYED after being released by the Detroit Tigers yesterday, but it's likely shortly lived. He still has that intimidating look at the plate but at age 40 the tools are in obvious decline. Stuck on 499 career homeruns, he's itching to join the 500 club. A few years ago I started thinking Sheff deserved to be in the Hall of Fame despite all his verbal antics, and let's not forget his intentional errors with Milwaukee coming up. But like the McGwire, Sosa and Palmeiro, he'll be on the outside looking in for quite a while until writers gain more clarity and insight on the the issue of performance-enhancing drugs.
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