The people who dont like Ray Schalk, Rabbit Maranville, Bobby Wallace and even Mazeroski and others simply do not understand how the game of Baseball was played years ago. Defense used to be much more important and these guys are in the Hall of Fame for a reason but that reason does not translate to modern day stats and the modern day game. Just as Babe Hermans high average should not be looked at as evidence that he was a Hall of Famer, Ra Schalks average should not be used to say he is not one.
OUT George Kelly, Chic Hafey, Jesse Haines, Lefty Gomez.
IN Tony Mullane, Bobby Mathews, Harry Stovey, Pete Browning and Cy Rigler as an umpire.
I would get rid of several of the recent Negro League inductees and include and a bunch of the early games stars like Cal McVey, James Creighton and Ross Barnes etc. I simply do not understand how MLB has neglected the true Pioneers of the game when most people tend to over-emphasize people like this.
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