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Sheffield deserves to be in Hall of Fame

By Tim Kurkjian
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Gary Sheffield has reached the 500 home run mark, the 25th man in history to do so. But the question needs to be asked, as it will be asked many more times of many more players from this complicated era: Is he a Hall of Famer? With some pause and trepidation, I say yes. It is not an easy call. Sheffield's candidacy for Cooperstown has several issues -- some character and behavioral -- that could keep him out of the Hall in his first year of eligibility. Maybe his first five years. Maybe forev ...

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