…. Respect

Not to be a dick, but a Wall of Fame that honors Willie McCovey and Marvin Benard is pretty much just a wall of guys that played here. Nothing against Marvin Benard, but he’s a pretty damn mediocre ballplayer. Jason Schmidt was 76-34 for the Giants. Benard was a one and a half years worth of major leaguer. Somebody’s gotta draw a line somewhere. Benard has one really good season, on pretty good season, and huge number of fly balls caught at the track. I mean, if we’re writing about having a ceremony honoring Barry Bonds by putting his plaque on the same wall that we’ve just put one for Marvin Benard…. well, if, I’m Bonds, I might be staying home for that one. Really, we need to be talking about a statue for Bonds. If you can’t see that, then you don’t know what you’re talking about. Just like Yankee Stadium was the house that Ruth built, PacBell is the house that Bonds built. You don’t give Bonds a plaque on a wall. ...