hey Rob, if I asked this question before last season you may have not said the same thing.....LONGEVITY is huge when we're talking about HOF criteria...Pudge was on the brink of fading away before the Florida season....many other players, Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Jim Rice...all were just as or even more dominant but had careers that fizzled out somewhat prematurely for Hall status... YOU DO NOT MAKE THE HALL WITH A CAREER THAT'S OVER AT 30, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DID THE FIRST 9 YEARS...