New HOF Veterans Committee Voting Procedures

mighty bombjack · #1 07-26-2016, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by bravos4evr

you know, I bet most aren't. This gives them an easy out. The better players who have the shroud of PED's around their careers get in, the writers who were opposed can say "hey, it was out of our hands" so everybody wins.

That's a good point. My first image was of a grizzled old-schooler shouting "Who in the blue hell are they to say our yearly votes aren't good enough!" into his typewriter. Your reaction is just as (if not more) likely.

EDIT to add: The more I think about it, I have to agree with you bravos. Guys who get in via "Today's Game Committee" can be inducted but carry a sort of asterisk, something that might please everyone (well, maybe not please, but pacify at least).

bravos4evr · #2 07-26-2016, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mighty bombjack

That's a good point. My first image was of a grizzled old-schooler shouting "Who in the blue hell are they to say our yearly votes aren't good enough!" into his typewriter. Your reaction is just as (if not more) likely.

EDIT to add: The more I think about it, I have to agree with you bravos. Guys who get in via "Today's Game Committee" can be inducted but carry a sort of asterisk, something that might please everyone (well, maybe not please, but pacify at least).

I think that , in a way, this is EXACTLY the HOF's plan. Bonds, Clemens,..etc get in, but because it's via their "committee" mentally many people will give them the *. The voters are absolved of responsibility, everyone wins.

Interestingly, the BBWWA has thinned the herd of many of the old retired writers and people who have moved on from sports writing as they caught a lot of flack for having tons of voters with no recent baseball coverage experience.

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