. "Near as I can tell, Simmons is hurt only by playing in bench's shadow and only reaching the post season once - a loss with '82 Brewers, and he was washed up just two years later. (Which is a really stupid reason to be ignored by the hall: You happened to play for mostly medicore teams during the same time as the greatest catcher of all time played for the 1970's Reds.)" . . .