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My finalists (the rest would never get in) would be:
• Bert Blyleven - A 287-250 pitcher on some dreadful teams.
• Andre Dawson - 2774 hits, 438 home runs. Never played in a World Series.
• Rich Gossage - 10 years as dominating closer. He's borderline for the same reason as Dale Murphy -- the second half of his career was less than spectacular.
• Jack Morris - Even with only 254 wins. Put the ball in his hands and you'd win.
• Dale Murphy - See Rich Gossage.
• Jim Rice - The only advantage Rice has over Murphy is batting average and an earlier retirement.
At the end of the day, I'd vote for Blyleven, Dawson, and Rice in that order.
I'd pass on McGwire because he was a dreadful player before the HGH/Steroids era. It's how I can justify seeing Bonds in and McGwire not in. I liked watching Dave Kingman hit, too, but McGwire's Oakland years resembled Kingman more than Bonds.
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