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Originally Posted by gunboat82
I'd just quibble with the part about the watering-down happening "slowly."
Freddie Lindstrom
Bill Mazeroski
Bruce Sutter
Waite Hoyt
Luis Aparicio
Ted Lyons
Lloyd Waner
Tommy McCarthy
Nellie Fox
Rabbit Maranville
Ray Schalk
Al Lopez
Joe Tinker
... and Evers
... and Chance
Whoof.
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One could argue that the Hall has been watered-down since the 1937 election of Morgan Bulkeley, who was president of the NL for one year (the first year).
It has been conjectured that because Ban Johnson (the first president of the AL) was elected that year that the NL needed to be represented by Bulkeley.
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Last edited by molenick; 01-24-2024 at 03:13 PM.
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