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V! ft Reardon's spot in Hall may not be safe unless he retires soon the all-ti- but a memory. By that time, any num- lock for the Hall. But as the buzzword in ! With one convincing snap of the wrist, sooner you call just behind Reardon on VS of hurlers John Franco (221 pitching these days specialization Boston Red Sox reliever Jeff Reardon it quits, the bet- JEFF REARDON save list, ranking third with 329. imith ber old saves, age 31), Dennis Eckersley (213, becomes a more refined concept, cruised into the annals of baseball lore ter your Hall of ROLLIE FINGERS (34) is also right behind the Reardon and 37), Bobby Thigpen (194, 28), Tom Cooperstown voters may have to rede- last Monday night. Fame chances. Reardon in age. So, when Smith take to the mound for the last Henke ( 1 98, 34), Gregg Olson (1 14,25 fine what constitutes greatness among ! Reardon broke off a devastating If the RELIEF APPEARANCES 773 907 it be the to 100 saves in history) baseball's bullpen warriors. to veteran plays a CAREER SAVES 342 341 time in their careers, may Smith, fastest breaking ball New York Yankees ca- - SEASONS 10 save could pass Reardon and Smith. Reardon's consistency and his Slugger Kevin Maas, securing a few more years, 10 not Reardon, that boasts the record. SEASONS 6 2 are If Reardon's numbers are compared Victory for the Red Sox at Fenway Park. by the time he's And five years later, when both SEASONS 3 , 0 induction, the mark may be to Fingers', it appears that Reardon is a See HALL, page 9A It marked the 342nd time Reardon had eligible for Hall v eligible for Bryan SELECTIONS 4 7 induc- Saved a game at the major league level, of Fame WORLD SERIES TITLES tclipsing Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers' tion (five years Strickland - 13 STRICK'S COOPERSTOWN P dis- 34 1 retire- Bob Ojeda and Casey Candaele. I (ecord of saves. after "Strick"ly , ; ON U T D I D 1ft T E S be- LOCKS FOR THE HALL KNOCKING THE DOOR F J ment), covered another Reardon nestled The historic moment sent the Fenway Reardon Sports tfcY P Burke. NOLAN RYAN P BERT BLYLEVEN P ... faithful into a frenzy. Reardon's team-(nat- might not even tween Bob Rodgers and Tim CARLTON FISK C ROGER CLEMENS ,MiKE MUSStNA; P e save be in the top five in e saves. That's no place for a potential Hall of hoisted baseball's C No. Famer, I thought. EDDIE MURRAY IB JEFF REARDON IVAN ROM leader triumphantly on their shoulders. Moments after Reardon notched ,.1B 1 then I upon a third RYNE SANDBERG 2B GARY CARTER, J It was indeed a magical moment. But 342, rushed to my box of baseball card But stumbled MARK McGWIRE IB tyas it a Cooperstown moment? Is commons in search of Reardon cards Reardon in a rather fitting place, sand- CAL RIPKEN, JR SS WADEJ 2B jteardon Hall of Fame material? Only that I may have haphazardly tossed in wiched between Yankee outfielder Lou OZZIE SMITH SS .OF ROBERTO ALOMAR BARRY LARKIN SS (ime will tell. among the Ken Oberkfells and Ranee Pinella and Cub reliever Lee Smith. GEORGE BRETT DAWSON OF behind Reardon TONY GWYNN OF ROBIN VENTURA 3B ! But a friendly word of advice, Mr. Mullinikses of the world. Sure enough, Smith's appearance DAVE NHFEIDZ0? BARRY BONDS OF Reardon. If residence in Cooperstown I found some: one Reardon was niftily made perfect sense. After all, Smith, R0BWp-- - 0F DALE MURPHY OF js important to you, retire now. The tucked between a cardboard photo of now the Cardinals' short man, is also RICKEWflDERSON OF KIRBY PUCKETT OF KEN GRIFFEY, JR OF

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