Talk:Dave Stieb

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Some information on Dave Stieb's pre-MLB days. Expand information about his playing career. Split it up based on teams or eras. Add post-retirement section (can incorporate section on books). Find places in article to add Strength and Weaknesses info. (A whole new section isn't really needed, and it also sort of opinion-based). Image of Dave Stieb? Get a quote from Stieb about his career and stuff like that. --Nishkid64 00:52, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Steib wrote a book called, "Someday I'll Be Perfect" or something like this back in the day. I can't find it online, anywhere! Does anybody have any ideas?

[edit] Removing POV

I've removed the following passage from the article: Given his accomplishments on the field, this must be attributable in part to the simple fact that the "baseball writers OF AMERICA" just didn't see him enough, playing home games in Toronto, Canada. Sadder still, this suggests the voting process weighs stats less than anecdotes and good memories of the writers; players that have not made lasting positive impressions on the writers, for whatever reason, may not get votes they otherwise should, regardless their on-field accomplishments (see Barry Bonds). Let's be fair, Stieb won 176 games over his career, far fewer than non Hall of Fame contemporaries like Jack Morris and Orel Hershiser. If Stieb gets in with that modest win total, does that mean David Wells (227 wins) Jamie Moyer (205 wins), Kevin Brown (211 wins), Bob Welch (205 wins) and Kenny Rogers (190 wins) are also hall-worthy? You'd be hard-pressed to find writers willing to vote any of the above-mentioned pitchers in. Even had Stieb played his career for the Dodgers or Yankees, his career numbers don't warrant Hall of Fame entry, regardless of the positive impressions he made during his career. Yankees76 15:23, 8 September 2006 (UTC)