What's Your Opinion on the MLB HOF's Vet Committee changes?

[the 'stache]

Jesus Christ. Major League Baseball just can't get out of its own way. It's a superior sport to football, basketball and hockey, yet the league is run by chickens running around with their heads cut off. They don't know how to market the game. And World Series games later in the evening, when kids can't watch, is a mistake that they never seem to rectify. Ratings and money are fine, but if you keep cutting off the younger generation, there won't be anybody to give MLB money, or watch the game.

And, yes, more committees is what the Vet Committee needed. More compartmentalization. Uh huh.

Joy.

[Exhibitman]

Today's Game Committee AKA the Bonds and Clemens second chance committee.

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Today's Game Committee AKA the Bonds and Clemens second chance committee.

I agree. I have long argued that these guys would get in by committee, something I have called the "PED Era Committee," but knew they would never actually call it that. "Today's Game Committee" is a nice euphemism.

[bravos4evr]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Jesus Christ. Major League Baseball just can't get out of its own way. It's a superior sport to football, basketball and hockey, yet the league is run by chickens running around with their heads cut off. They don't know how to market the game. And World Series games later in the evening, when kids can't watch, is a mistake that they never seem to rectify. Ratings and money are fine, but if you keep cutting off the younger generation, there won't be anybody to give MLB money, or watch the game.

And, yes, more committees is what the Vet Committee needed. More compartmentalization. Uh huh.

Joy.

MLB has nothing to do with the HOF. They are a private company that has decided that more modern players need to be in. I think it's a good plan myself. (and the original vet committee was a "good ole boys" club that put too many undeserving guys in because they were buddies.

[packs]

Why would today's game need a special vote when it is already voted on every year?

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by packs

Why would today's game need a special vote when it is already voted on every year?

See exhibitman's and my posts above

[GaryPassamonte]

Grouping the 1871-1949 period into one committee is ludicrous and having this committee meet only once every 10 years is doubly ludicrous. The Baseball HOF has made a bad process even worse. The HOF is becoming more and more like a bad politician trying to appease powerful lobbyists than an organization trying to do what is best for the selection process.

[Topps206]

I hate it. The Veterans' Committee upsets me and I am irritated by the likes of Jane Forbes Clark and Joe Morgan.

Bill Dahlen, Sherry Magee, Gavvy Cravath and Larry Doyle all belong in the HOF. Wake up!