ALABAMA - It does not only matter if your career was full of All-Star appearances or if you won a World Series title. For baseball pundits, and especially for tenured members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, a person's integrity and character carry a huge weight when it comes to being immortalized with a plaque in Baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
That concept is particularly illustrated by the case of former Venezuelan shortstop Omar Vizquel, a three-time All-Star and 11-time Gold Glove-winning shortstop during his 24-year career in the majors.
