Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Roger Clemens don’t have the integrity, sportsmanship or

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

I can think of a few more in there with Matty:

Walter, Hank, Brooks, Ernie B., Harmon, Buck O'N. Mariano, etc, etc



.

Maybe, but do we even know really? It's a fairly recent trend that the world learns about people's every bad action.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Maybe, but do we even know really? It's a fairly recent trend that the world learns about people's every bad action.

Reminds me of Kirby Puckett. He was a beloved angel…until he wasn’t. Lucky for him he got into the HOF before scandal hit.

[Seven]

Respected journalists/media personnel/sports authors with a strong reputation, in the industry, should be the requirement. People like:

Peter Gammons
Joe Posnanski
Ken Rosenthal
Tom Verducci
Buster Onley
Jane Leavy
Bill James

Just to list a few

[Mike D.]

Maybe it’s the residual Platonist in me, but I tend to think the answer is fewer, better qualified voters, not more.

Maybe not quite the 12-16 voters of the various veterans committees (too small has its issues too), but not hundreds or thousands.

And you want a qualified writer, analyst, TV or web writer, or even former player or fan…someone who understands, cares, and will do the research and analysis required.

[Seven]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

Maybe it’s the residual Platonist in me, but I tend to think the answer is fewer, better qualified voters, not more.

Maybe not quite the 12-16 voters of the various veterans committees (too small has its issues too), but not hundreds or thousands.

And you want a qualified writer, analyst, TV or web writer, or even former player or fan…someone who understands, cares, and will do the research and analysis required.

Completely agree, Mike. I think a smaller panel would be better. The inaugural class had 226 voters, that should be the cap, I think.

[jiw98]

Maybe it should be that the players do the voting. Who should know more than those that actually played the game.
Or maybe a point system. Earn the number of points needed to qualify and your in.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by jiw98

Maybe it should be that the players do the voting. Who should know more than those that actually played the game.
Or maybe a point system. Earn the number of points needed to qualify and your in.

Too many players would probably just vote for their friends.

[GasHouseGang]

I think they should contact people on baseball card websites to vote for the HOF, because obviously we are interested in baseball and highly intelligent.

[egri]

If the results on the ballot tracker hold, this year's class will be Bonds, Clemens and Ortiz.