HOF - True or False

[tbob]

It has become the Hall of Very Good. Diluted more and more all the time…..

[Fred]

Originally Posted by tbob

It has become the Hall of Very Good. Diluted more and more all the time…..

Yup. We all have our top 30 of players that have "generously" been inducted. For example, I'm not a Baines hater, but really?

The Baseball Hall of Fame with players like Babe Ruth, Cy Young, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Ken Griffey Jr., Harold Baines, et al. That just sounds silly...

I never understood the need to exclude an obvious HOFer in their first year of eligibility. Well, not many voters/writers did so that tells you something about those that did.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by Fred

I never understood the need to exclude an obvious HOFer in their first year of eligibility. Well, not many voters/writers did so that tells you something about those that did.

I agree. Always seemed to be the voters trying to make the process about them, and not about...well, the process.

Here's a list of HOF selections by year...I always find it interesting how quickly things went downhill. People talk about it like it's a recent phenomenon, but really, it started in the second election.

https://www.mlb.com/news/hall-of-fam...ctions-by-year

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by tbob

It has become the Hall of Very Good. Diluted more and more all the time…..

+1,000,000!

The baseball HOF has zero credibility or relevance anymore. Synonymous with the Rock and Roll HOF. Doesn't carry the weight it once did.

Too many deserving not in; too many undeserving of late got in.