Dale Murphy's Wife Nancy States His Hall of Fame Case in Spirited Social Media Post

Atlanta Braves icon Dale Murphy will be in the Baseball Hall of Fame one day. His chances of making it in on the normal ballot, however, have already slipped away. The two-time NL MVP and seven-time All-Star has never made it onto more than 23.2% of ballots for Cooperstown -- 75% is required for induction -- and he last appeared on the ballot in 2013. That doesn't sit too well with one person in particular: his wife, Nancy.

With voting now underway for the Hall's 2020 class, Mrs. Murphy has taken to both Facebook and Twitter to explain why the voters have been wrong this whole time, and why the Modern Baseball Era Committee needs to right that wrong this time around.

"I could list the statistics that make him a deeply deserving candidate for the 2020 HOF class—but there isn’t space here. I could make the argument that he played clean—and that his numbers may look less to some because of a few who played immediately after him and cheated their way to the top," she writes.

"But to get straight to the point, you can believe me when I say that Dale’s career and his numbers are every bit as great as many who have already made the trip to Cooperstown. He’s a wonderful human being—yes—and a tremendous ambassador for baseball. But what he accomplished on the field is so much greater than many have given him credit for these past 26 years since he retired."

A good citizen who also happened to win five Gold Gloves, four Silver Sluggers, and swat 398 home runs and 1,266 RBI?

Sign me up.

If the Modern Baseball Era Committee can do right by such past talents as Alan Trammell, Harold Baines, and Lee Smith, they can do the same for Dale Murphy.

Make it happen, folks. At long last.