Kenny Lofton says he belongs in Cooperstown!
Of course, Kenny's been a Cooperstown snub for years ... and now needs a special nomination from the Veteran's Committee if he ever wants to get an HoF plaque some day.
Lofton told us out at LAX he thinks that's a shame ... saying his career was just as good as new HoFer"The guy I look at is Tim Raines," Lofton says."He got in, and my numbers are just comparable to his, but look at my WAR and how that turns out."-Lofton -- .299 batting average, 2,428 hits, 130 home runs, 622 steals and a 68.3 WAR.Lofton tells us the way he played center field should also factor in ... saying,"I did what I did at my position.
"My position is very rare and it's about to be obsolete -- what I did in the game because of the home runs. So hopefully they can look at that and move forward."
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