We say we’re a great baseball town. But St. Louis has failed one of its greats.
We say we’re a smart baseball town But another year, another inexplicable oversight by the fans who vote for the Cardinals Hall of Fame.
Keith Hernandez’s accomplishments as a Cardinal merit induction. He should be fitted for a red jacket.
Consider that there now are 38 former players who have been elected to the team’s Hall. Yet of all retired players in Cardinals history, Hernandez had the 18th-highest wins above replacement (WAR) figure.
Right away, some fans might’ve been reluctant to vote for Hernandez because of his publicized cocaine usage, which forced Whitey Herzog to trade him in 1983.