Yes, I agree...
I think having the Induction Weekend is critically important to nurturing the national pasttime as such.
I also made that comment about being proven wrong today, based on my assumption that Alomar was not a first-ballot HOFer. Dawson and Blyleven were the only two that I thought would go in this year.
Like it or not, the concept of a "First-ballot HOFer" is real and I think here to stay, much the same as the premium concept given to rookie cards. Getting voted in on your first ballot has become an exclamation point on the vote.
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