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J.D. Drew and the Curse of Talent
Drew is a quintessential Hall of Pretty Damn Good Players inductee. Should he have been something more?
Jun 30
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Neil Paine
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Shareef Abdur-Rahim Had Damn Good Stats on Some Bad Damn Teams
'Reef makes the Hall of Pretty Damn Good Players because he just kept putting up numbers — even though the wins never really followed.
Apr 3
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Neil Paine
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Keith Tkachuk Was a Damn Good Power Forward
The 5-time All-Star for the Coyotes and Blues is the father of today's bruising scorers — both figuratively and literally.
Feb 24
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Neil Paine
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Hideo Nomo Paved The Way For A Generation Of Damn Good Japanese Ballplayers
Welcome to a very special installment of our Hall of Pretty Damn Good Players, a series in which we recognize the athletes who won’t make their sports…
Jul 26, 2021
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Neil Paine
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Dustin Pedroia Led Some Damn Good Red Sox Teams
It’s time for another installment of the Hall of Pretty Damn Good Players — our tribute to the athletes who won’t be in the Hall of Fame, but who still…
Feb 16, 2021
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Neil Paine
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Charles Johnson Was Damn Good Behind (And At) The Plate
Welcome back to our Hall of Pretty Damn Good Players, a celebration of unsung athletes who won’t make their sport’s Hall of Fame but still deserve to be…
Dec 2, 2020
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Neil Paine
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Nomar Garciaparra’s Full Career Wasn’t Enough For Cooperstown — But It Was Still Damn Good
If you’d told a Red Sox fan in the summer of 1997 that Boston would win three World Series in the next 16 years — well, first, they’d be beyond…
Jul 28, 2020
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Neil Paine
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Bernie Williams Deserves More Credit For Making The Yankees A Dynasty
Any talk of the New York Yankees’ dynasty of the 1990s and early 2000s usually centers on the “Core Four”: shortstop Derek Jeter, closer Mariano Rivera…
Jul 14, 2020
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Neil Paine
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Lou Whitaker Turned A Damn Good Double Play
The longtime Tiger was one of the best ever at second base. So why isn’t he in the Hall of Fame?
Jul 7, 2020
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Neil Paine
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The Best Damn Receiver Who Won’t Make The Hall Of Fame
All members of our Hall of Pretty Damn Good Players brought value to their teams in an underappreciated way — it’s sort of a requirement for…
Jun 29, 2020
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Neil Paine
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Sammy Sosa And Mark McGwire, Welcome To Our Hall Of Pretty Damn Good Players
Our Hall of Pretty Damn Good Players is a space for all of those great players from history who, for whatever reason, won’t make their sport’s official…
Jun 19, 2020
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Neil Paine
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Andruw Jones Had A Damn Good Glove
This is the Hall of Pretty Damn Good Players — an imaginary sports museum devoted solely to the unsung and underrated.
May 20, 2020
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Neil Paine
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