Why It Matters That Edgar Martinez Is in the Hall of Fame

by Spike FriedmanEdgar Martinez at the 2017 ceremony to retire his number. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images
Let me lay my cards on the table: Edgar Martinez is my all-time favorite baseball player. I love Edgar Martinez in a way that grown men should have grown out of loving baseball players. My dog’s name? Edgar Martinez Friedman. I’ll admit to being utterly blinded by my admiration for Edgar, but there is simply no greater Mariner; there is a pretty solid argument that he is the great