New Rule Introduced For Major League Baseball

I would like to introduce a new rule for Major League Baseball to consider. It's a rule that I'm fairly sure they will implement.

Here it is, rule 823B, subsection 12, "From this point on, no Starting Pitcher will be inducted into the Hall of Fame until we get our heads out of our a*ses and put Smokey Joe Wood in the Hall of Fame".

Yeah, I like that rule.

There can and will not be any exceptions to this rule unless they fall under subcategory 14c, which states: "unless their first name starts with the letters P-E-D-R-O (not necessarily in that order) and their last name starts with the letters M-A-R-T-I-N-E-Z (not necessarily in that order). Both first and last name 'must' start with these letters for the exception to apply."

I like that rule, too.

What made me want to write this article is all the talk about Mike Mussina and his retirement. The Mussina Hall of Fame talk has already started.

First of all, Mussina was a great Starting Pitcher, don't get me wrong. He's in the "great" category. You know, the category that is right under the "great/elite" category that Starting Pitchers like Smokey Joe Wood, Walter Johnson, Ed Walsh and Pedro Martinez are in. We remember that category, right?

Some of the Hall of Famers are actually in that category.

Surely, no one is pretending that Mussina was better than Smokey Joe Wood. Mussina had a longer career, but wasn't nearly as good. Hell, Mussina was great and still wasn't nearly as good as Smokey Joe, that's how good he was.

Back in the day when they both Pitched at the same time, the tough question was (and still is), "was Smokey Joe Wood as good as Walter Johnson". The question never was (and still isn't), "was he as good as Mike Mussina". It's not a problem with Mussina, again he's great, it's a problem with the Hall of Fame.

Many assume that the Hall of Fame is filled with the best players ever, it's really not true. They should rename the Hall of Fame. It should be called "Extremely Good Players that had Really Long Careers". That name fits it better, that's 90 percent of who's in.

I'm being a bit hard on the Hall of Fame. They do the right thing sometimes. They did put Addie Joss in the Hall and he had a short career, and there are other players we could bring up. But one of them that we bring up "should" be Smokey Joe Wood, maybe Bill Lange.

Anyway, it's a rule that I'm sure will be implemented. I don't mind when it's implemented, as long as it's before 2013.

Can someone do me a favor, forward this to MLB, The Hall of Fame Voting Committee, The Hall of Fame Veterans Committee, Your Local Congressman and The President of The United States. I hate to get Congress involved, but it's a rule that's pretty much as important as steroids and I think they must be notified, as a civic duty and stuff.

Can't wait for the comments and this one, should be fun.