The Bizarro Hall of Fame: Introducing the Class of 2000

In the coming weeks, One More Dying Quail will be profiling the 182 current members of the Bizarro Hall of Fame, an organization that currently exists only in my mind. It was created in the wake of Major League Baseball’s infamous Steroid Era as a way of honoring those players whose careers were perfectly mediocre: the only requirement is that a candidate be listed on the official Baseball Hall of Fame ballot and receive zero votes.
Class of 2000
Hubie Brooks – Brooks had a nice, if well-traveled, major league career (he played for five teams in fifteen seasons), but there is really only one reason for him to have ever appeared on a Hall of Fame ballot: his name. Sure, fans will point to the fact that he was a two-time All-Star in 1986 and 1987, or that he drove in 100 runs in 1985, or that he finished third in the National League Rookie of the Year voting in 1981, but that is all largely irrelevant. His ownership of a name better suited for a six-year old boy? Totally amusing. Of course, when you start out as “Hubert”, how much hope do you really have?

Coming soon: The Bizarro Hall of Fame Class of 1999.