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Article: Palmeiro in it for long haul
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- May 16, 2002
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As the Comiskey Park visitors' clubhouse television blared noise
about whether recently retired Jose Canseco merits Hall of Fame
consideration, Rafael Palmeiro was asked about his chances.
I see myself playing another four or five years, so I think I've
got a lot of baseball left," the Rangers first baseman said. If I can
continue to play at this level, then we'll see if I'll have a shot.
That's not up to me. My thing is just do what I can do, play my game
and help the team. Leave that up to the voters."
Credentials such as 600 home runs--even in an age of inflated
offensive numbers--might sway some.
Oh, I don't know," said Palmeiro, a lifetime .294 hitter with 455
homers entering ...