Net 54 Baseball HOF

[barrysloate]

Scott- many of the guys who took steroids and have spectacular statistics, like Bonds, Clemens, McGwire, etc., would have made the Hall even if they never used. Let's see what rules we use to elect these guys into our HOF, and take it from there.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Scott- many of the guys who took steroids and have spectacular statistics, like Bonds, Clemens, McGwire, etc., would have made the Hall even if they never used. Let's see what rules we use to elect these guys into our HOF, and take it from there.

What I meant was that I don't think there should be any rules restricting who gets on a Net 54 ballot, and certainly no 'Net 54 Commissioner' who bans certain players for life, based on his own sense of morals or integrity. It would be up to each voter to make his own mind.

But conversely, I don't think you should tell a voter that he HAS to vote for someone if he thinks their stats alone merit inclusion. If that were the only criteria, we could feed stats into a computer and spit out a HOF.

If anyone disagrees, please say so. Or say it ain't so.

[Robextend]

Originally Posted by Runscott

What I meant was that I don't think there should be any rules restricting who gets on a Net 54 ballot, and certainly no 'Net 54 Commissioner' who bans certain players for life, based on his own sense of morals or integrity. It would be up to each voter to make his own mind.

But conversely, I don't think you should tell a voter that he HAS to vote for someone if he thinks their stats alone merit inclusion. If that were the only criteria, we could feed stats into a computer and spit out a HOF.

If anyone disagrees, please say so. Or say it ain't so.

Agree 100% There shouldn't be any rules on who to vote for, just basic rules on how to vote and how the process will work.