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The players don't have any say in the plaque logo. They lost that when Wade Boggs sold his to Tampa Bay.

Holy crap. Didn't know about the Wade Boggs and Gary Carter situation regarding the cap on their plaque. But, it seems unfair to the player if the HOF is the one selecting it. The player was the one with MLB career, not the HOF or the BBWAA. If no shenanigans are there to be know off regarding his cap pick, he should be the one making the call and if he wore different cap logos for that team, he should select it too. If there is any know money changing hands, sponsorship, business opportunities or just spite (i'm looking at you, Roger Clemens) then the player should go logo less on his plaque.

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My thing, with regards to Biggio?

He should, under no circumstances, have the H star as his cap, because he played only for the NL Astros and not the AL Astros franchise, and as such should not bear the logos of the AL team.

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TO this and the above, I stand corrected in regards to Biggio, but I stand by my point in general

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Randy Johnson - Mariners navy/teal

Crag Biggio - Astros navy/gold broken star

John Smoltz - duh

Pedro Martinez - Phillies

Potential HOFers

Roger Clemens - Red Sox (this one is very hard but he became a HOFer in Boston)

A-Rod - have to say NYY.

Mike Piazza - Dodgers (right?)

Curt Schilling - Red Sox (though I'd love to see him in a Phillies cap but those years are long forgotten.)

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Randy Johnson - Mariners navy/teal

Crag Biggio - Astros navy/gold broken star

John Smoltz - duh

Pedro Martinez - Phillies

Potential HOFers

Roger Clemens - Red Sox (this one is very hard but he became a HOFer in Boston)

A-Rod - have to say NYY.

Mike Piazza - Dodgers (right?)

Curt Schilling - Red Sox (though I'd love to see him in a Phillies cap but those years are long forgotten.)

Phillies for Pedro?

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Randy Johnson - Mariners navy/teal

Crag Biggio - Astros navy/gold broken star

John Smoltz - duh

Pedro Martinez - Phillies

Potential HOFers

Roger Clemens - Red Sox (this one is very hard but he became a HOFer in Boston)

A-Rod - have to say NYY.

Mike Piazza - Dodgers (right?)

Curt Schilling - Red Sox (though I'd love to see him in a Phillies cap but those years are long forgotten.)

Phillies for Pedro?

Give me one good reason why not.

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Randy Johnson - Mariners navy/teal

Crag Biggio - Astros navy/gold broken star

John Smoltz - duh

Pedro Martinez - Phillies

Potential HOFers

Roger Clemens - Red Sox (this one is very hard but he became a HOFer in Boston)

A-Rod - have to say NYY.

Mike Piazza - Dodgers (right?)

Curt Schilling - Red Sox (though I'd love to see him in a Phillies cap but those years are long forgotten.)

My picks would be:

Clemens: NYY

Biggio: World Series era Astros

Pedro: Boston

Randy Johnson: D-Backs World Series era

Schilling: D-Backs

A-Rod: Rangers

Piazza: Mets

Griffey: Reds (black crown cap)

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Randy Johnson - Mariners navy/teal

Crag Biggio - Astros navy/gold broken star

John Smoltz - duh

Pedro Martinez - Phillies

Potential HOFers

Roger Clemens - Red Sox (this one is very hard but he became a HOFer in Boston)

A-Rod - have to say NYY.

Mike Piazza - Dodgers (right?)

Curt Schilling - Red Sox (though I'd love to see him in a Phillies cap but those years are long forgotten.)

Phillies for Pedro?

Give me one good reason why not.

Just in case you are serious, his whole career in Boston is why not.

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Maybe if the roiders end up rewarded some day (they won't be, I'm just hypothesizing), they could go in as pre-roided players as they were already HOF calibre...

Clemens - Red Sox

Bonds - Pirates

ARod - Mariners

McGwire - Athletics

Ramirez - Indians

Palmeiro - Rangers

At least that would be yet another statement about their careers.

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Dave Winfield has a Padres cap, (reason being they drafted him IIRC.) However when I think of him, I think of his years as a yankee. When I think of Biggo, I see him in the world series year uni. Randy Johnson, I'd say his best work was with Arizona, then Seattle.

Winfield changed the game. He's the reason players don't choose and only have a say in what cap they wear. He had beef with the Yankees and the Padres gave him a consultant job -- essentially paying him -- to go in as a Padre. Boggs made his Rays deal around the same time, but by the time he went in with Sandberg it was no longer in his or any other player's hands.

Biggio is an interesting case coming off the Maddux blank cap year. One guy, one team, but many hats. Didn't realize the Hall turned Maddux to obscure that fact either... until now.

The Twins are a good comparison. World Series years were Ms, but lasting identity will be TCs.

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I don't care about the cap logo. The NFL HOF doesn't put a helmet on the players, it simply lists the teams he played for. If Randy Johnson wants a SF logo on his plaque, why does it matter? Do people suddenly forget he was with the Mariners and D-Backs and others?

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Wow. Honestly had no recollection of him as a Giant. Guess I need to visit the legends, er, "players in the wrong uniform" thread more often.

I'm a Giants fan and I had no recollection of him as a Giant either. I got a Facebook notice from the team that he had been elected with his picture as a Giant.

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Well, if nothing else, here's another case for the Brewers returning to the BiG full time. Both players currently representing the Brewers in Cooperstown (Yount & Molitor) are wearing it, and anyone who played recently with a chance to go in as a Brewer (Braun & Fielder) wore it as well.

Ken Griffey Jr wore a TATC hat - should wear that on his hall plaque? I don't think that anyone really associates those players with the BiG. Maybe if they switch next year and Braun plays at least 5 more awesome years there, but that's about it.

The throwbacks have been a regular part of the Brewers' identity for most of the time those guys have been in Milwaukee.... definitely not a TATC situation. And you certainly see more throwback versions of Braun's jersey around town than any version of their "current" look.

I'm not actually the biggest fan of the BiG as a cap logo, but I'd rather not see the mess that the Brewers' identity has become in the past few years follow the team to Cooperstown when it comes time to induct its next HOFer.

So wait, are you saying that people more associate Braun and Fielder with the BiG logo? Because that would be one of the top 10 dumbest things I've ever heard in my life, no offense

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He put he'd for them in 2009. He was actually pretty fun to watch. Got a pretty big milestone with them as well by getting his 300th win.

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Wow. Honestly had no recollection of him as a Giant. Guess I need to visit the legends, er, "players in the wrong uniform" thread more often.

I'm a Giants fan and I had no recollection of him as a Giant either. I got a Facebook notice from the team that he had been elected with his picture as a Giant.

Then are you really a Giants fan? Future HOFer comes back to the Bay to play for Giants, notches 300th career win with the Giants. It was a pretty big deal back in 2009.

Randy Johnson - Mariners navy/teal

Crag Biggio - Astros navy/gold broken star

John Smoltz - duh

Pedro Martinez - Phillies

Potential HOFers

Roger Clemens - Red Sox (this one is very hard but he became a HOFer in Boston)

A-Rod - have to say NYY.

Mike Piazza - Dodgers (right?)

Curt Schilling - Red Sox (though I'd love to see him in a Phillies cap but those years are long forgotten.)

My picks would be:

Clemens: NYY

Biggio: World Series era Astros

Pedro: Boston

Randy Johnson: D-Backs World Series era

Schilling: D-Backs

A-Rod: Rangers

Piazza: Mets

Griffey: Reds (black crown cap)

Griffey with the Reds? Are you serious?

Go A's!

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Wow. Honestly had no recollection of him as a Giant. Guess I need to visit the legends, er, "players in the wrong uniform" thread more often.

I'm a Giants fan and I had no recollection of him as a Giant either. I got a Facebook notice from the team that he had been elected with his picture as a Giant.

Then are you really a Giants fan? Future HOFer comes back to the Bay to play for Giants, notches 300th career win with the Giants. It was a pretty big deal back in 2009.

Randy Johnson - Mariners navy/teal

Crag Biggio - Astros navy/gold broken star

John Smoltz - duh

Pedro Martinez - Phillies

Potential HOFers

Roger Clemens - Red Sox (this one is very hard but he became a HOFer in Boston)

A-Rod - have to say NYY.

Mike Piazza - Dodgers (right?)

Curt Schilling - Red Sox (though I'd love to see him in a Phillies cap but those years are long forgotten.)

My picks would be:

Clemens: NYY

Biggio: World Series era Astros

Pedro: Boston

Randy Johnson: D-Backs World Series era

Schilling: D-Backs

A-Rod: Rangers

Piazza: Mets

Griffey: Reds (black crown cap)

Griffey with the Reds? Are you serious?
I am, and nobody asked for assshole-ish comments. How about your two cents, instead of that condescending remark?

Just kidding, you can save it.

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