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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1492764" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>Because of the importance of the position, I’d argue there should be a different standard for catchers that takes that injury factor into account.</p><p></p><p>In some ways I think the catcher position’s Hall chances have been hurt by Johnny Bench. He set a near impossible standard to surpass for future candidates. There was a pretty clear drop off in inductions after him. No catchers inducted between 1989 and 2000 (Fisk).</p><p></p><p>I’ll be curious to see if Mariano Rivera does the same for relievers. But he may have lapped the field by so much - a la Wayne Gretzky or Jerry Rice - that nobody will ever try to make other relievers live up to that standard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1492764, member: 26283"] Because of the importance of the position, I’d argue there should be a different standard for catchers that takes that injury factor into account. In some ways I think the catcher position’s Hall chances have been hurt by Johnny Bench. He set a near impossible standard to surpass for future candidates. There was a pretty clear drop off in inductions after him. No catchers inducted between 1989 and 2000 (Fisk). I’ll be curious to see if Mariano Rivera does the same for relievers. But he may have lapped the field by so much - a la Wayne Gretzky or Jerry Rice - that nobody will ever try to make other relievers live up to that standard. [/QUOTE]
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