Sheffield doesn't give a damn.
I never really liked Gary Sheffield - I never gave him much thought one way or the other. But reading this quote from him on his Hall of Fame chances made me respect him tremendously.
AP - ...Sheffield needs 45 homers to reach 500, which would help his Hall of Fame chances. It's a situation he doesn't think about.
"Not important at all," Sheffield said. "The best wasn't allowed to play this game for a lot of years. So all the best players ain't in the Hall of Fame. That's what I'm saying. Not all of them. If it wasn't for that, a lot of them wouldn't be in. I don't concern myself with it, really at all. I don't think about it. It's nothing that I shoot for. It's nothing that I care about. It's as simple as that."
Dude is carrying some important historical grudges. And I love that he says this to the national sports media about baseball's most hallowed institution, the pinnacle of baseball's effort to elevate its own importance.
AP - ...Sheffield needs 45 homers to reach 500, which would help his Hall of Fame chances. It's a situation he doesn't think about.
"Not important at all," Sheffield said. "The best wasn't allowed to play this game for a lot of years. So all the best players ain't in the Hall of Fame. That's what I'm saying. Not all of them. If it wasn't for that, a lot of them wouldn't be in. I don't concern myself with it, really at all. I don't think about it. It's nothing that I shoot for. It's nothing that I care about. It's as simple as that."
Dude is carrying some important historical grudges. And I love that he says this to the national sports media about baseball's most hallowed institution, the pinnacle of baseball's effort to elevate its own importance.