Current HOF election results

[lowpopper]

if Rolen gets in with his 2000 hits, it's time to stop paying attention

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by lowpopper

if Rolen gets in with his 2000 hits, it's time to stop paying attention

Don't forget about that stellar .281 batting average.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by lowpopper

if Rolen gets in with his 2000 hits, it's time to stop paying attention

Yeah, can't have him lowering the bar. If he gets in, before long guys with 1588 hits and zero power like Phil Rizzuto will get in. Oh wait...

[lowpopper]

Originally Posted by Tabe

Yeah, can't have him lowering the bar. If he gets in, before long guys with 1588 hits and zero power like Phil Rizzuto will get in. Oh wait...

Superior players have been denied prior to Rolen.

Rizzuto needs a damnatio memoriae from the hall, agreed

[etsmith]

I've always seen the Baseball Hall of Fame as a tiered structure, with different levels for various levels of accomplishment. If you only put the best of the best in the Hall of Fame there wouldn't be very many players at all.

[egri]

Originally Posted by etsmith

I've always seen the Baseball Hall of Fame as a tiered structure, with different levels for various levels of accomplishment. If you only put the best of the best in the Hall of Fame there wouldn't be very many players at all.

I think the voters generally get it right. There are a handful of all-time greats, a larger number of great-but-not-inner-circle players, a larger number of guys who can convincingly be argued one way or the other, and some of them are in or will get in eventually, some won't, and then there are a few head-scratchers.