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honors to real baseball players

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hof07/news/story?id=2725461

Tony Gwynn (one of my heros) and Cal Ripkin (partial namesake for my son) get into the Hall. Ripkin with the 3rd highest voting percentage of all time (Seaver and Ryan ahead of him), Gwynn 7th highest.

Guys who spent their entire career with a single team. Gwynn came in as an average fielder, worked his ass off, and won gold gloves. Showed up early every day for extra batting practice and watched videotape of all the pitchers. Hit over .300 19 straight seasons. Best hitter since Williams.

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