Guys who should be in the Hall

Dandridge with Milwaukee 

For some reason, this guy is not in the Hall. I think its a shame. He averaged 18.5 pts per a game been on two championships, played great defense, and could score at will. He had better stats than Bill Bradley who had help too. Rick Barry criticized him for not being a good passer but he wasn't soft like Rick under the boards and he was shorter and skinnier than Rick. Great swing man who played great defense on George Gervin, Dr.J, and Dennis Johnson on route for his Washington Bullets team winning it in 1978 (no help defense then). He had better stats than Bill Bradley and went to more championship finals than him. Bradley was a swing man too a decent one but Bobby was better scorer, rebounder, and defender.

He has been tagged like Chris Bosh with the Miami of being two and a half men. In Milwaukee, it was Kareem and
Oscar with Bobby and in Washington, it was Elvin and Wes. But if you look at the games closely, he always got the ball in the closing minutes of a game. Just look at the 1979 Eastern Conference Finals vs. San Antonio, Game 7. Who hit the game winning basket? 6'7 Bradley got his shot blocked by the 6'4 Wes in the 1971 Eastern Conference Finals. Bobby D. Got to put him in.

I say Ray Guy has the biggest injustice of all time when it comes to the Hall. This guy has won three Superbowl's, specialized punting as we know today (no more offense line guys kicking), and revolutionized punting with his ability to pooch and boom kicks. People remember Jack Squirek intercepting that Joe Theismann's pass near Washington's own goal at the end of halftime. But they don't remember Ray Guy's pooched the punt for 27 yards to pin them at that goaline. If he decided to boom kick and the ball hit the end zone, maybe Washington would have decided to run out the clock or be in better position to score. Oh, what about that snap that almost went over his head and caught it with one hand.

This is besides his All-Pro years, his athletic talents (could throw 70 yards, throw a 100 mph baseball , and played defensive back in college), and his own invention of hang time punts, he changed the game. He made punting an art and a science. Just take a look at Youtube with his instrutions on punting.

The Final injustice is Maury Wills. This man revolutionized the game with his base stealing and defense in the 60's. He proved that you didn't have to hit home runs to be a star. Ty Cobb did this as well as others in the early dead ball era. But Ty never won a World Series while Wills won three of them. Likewise, Wills played the infield and still spiked guys on the bases while Cobb played the outfield.  As Sandy Koufax said, "Before Maury, it was a bunch of slow white guys playing."

As a minor-leaguer with Seattle Rainers

Would we see a Lou Brock, Rickey Henderson, Omar Moreno, Davey Lopes, Bake McBride, Tommy Harper, Mickey Rivers, or Vince Coleman? Luis Aparicio came before him and stole bases but Aparicio didn't start a trend because Maury proved that stealing bases can win pennants over power on a consistent basis. The Dodger teams that he played on beat the slugging Giants of Mays, McCovey, and Cepeda to win pennants in 63, 65, and 66. He came into the league very late but has better batting average than the Hall guys of Mazeroski and Aparicio as well as Ozzie Smith and Phil Rizutto. Better fielder than Pee Wee Reese. With the exception of Maz, those guys only won one World Series. In short, Maury Wills is a champion like Bobby Dandridge and Ray Guy.