“I think that there are certain times where it seems like the writers — maybe this is their write because it is their Hall of Fame — They try to be extremely exclusive and get maybe the best center fielder from the generation,” Gibson said on the Cardinal Territory podcast. “(Andruw Jones) and Edmonds overlapped a lot. Most of their career. So, in their mind, if they were trying to get the best center field of the time. OK, a few more Gold Gloves, they were probably one and two most years when Jim was in the NL. What, Jim’s six home runs short of 400? If he has 400 is he a shoo-in? Kind of silly. I think those guys are right. The veterans committee will get him in, it’s just kind of crazy they didn’t even get a chance to stay on when a lot of those numbers showed he had a better overall career.”
