Take a bite out of Crime Dog

I'm starting to wonder if Fred McGriff will be baseball's first 500-home run player to be shunned by the hall of fame. The automatic plateau for hall enshrinement used to be 400 homers until scribes thought Dave Kingman and Darrell Evans were too pedestrian.

And if critics complained about Rafael Palmeiro's bland stat roll, what will they say about the Crime Dog? The only thing he's ever taken a bite out of has been insanely consistent seasons. Every season McGriff would bat about .280, hit about 33 homers and grab about 90 RBIs. Then, he'd punch his time card and do it again the next season.

In McGriff's favor:
Twice led the league in homers (89 and 92)
Playoff experience with the Bravos and Blue Jays
Plays first base, a surprisingly under represented position in the hall
One of the last great nicknames

Not in McGriff's favor
When he led the league in homers, he did so with just 35 and 36. Once he hit 37 homers. Folks nowaday might hit 30 by the All-Star break.
The most unflashy star of the 1990s. He makes Tim Duncan look exciting.
His pathetic comeback with the D-Rays. He's made it plain he's just coming back to reach 500. But how long can he do that if he's only batting .208?