A Hall of Famer is not someone who is average,

someone who outta be thought of less than a lot.

A guy who’s good but provided the fate as it was

Didn’t play in more than 20 playoff games.

No Fall Classic, no parades.

Played Right-Field while Bonds, Sosa, Griffey, Walker,

and at least a whole lot of other guys hit 500 HRs or tried,

patrolled the corners and center and made short work of any top-5

But purer than others, heck got on base more times than Tony Gwynn,

because if your averages are above average for the greatest of all-time,

what does it mean for you to be laughed at as a resident?

When we really know, deep down inside,

Bobby Abreu was an archetypical offensive force worthy of some modicum of HOF consideration.