A lot of virtual ink has been scribbled into dozens of blog posts over the years about Atlanta Braves great Dale Murphy and his credentials — pro and con — for the Hall of Fame.
In truth, he’s one of those maddening borderline cases… the kind of player who is often used as a yardstick to determine whether somebody else merits inclusion based on whether he is at least better than Dale Murphy.
Murph had his ballot years… 15 of them. Nowadays, candidate only get 10 years of ballot access. The writers had seemingly given up on him by 2013 – his last year – since he only garnered roughly 19% of the ballots.