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> Dang. It may end up that no
> one gets in again if this keeps
> up. Maybe with our small sample
> size we need to reconsider the
> way we vote or the 75% threshold
> or something given how one or
> two, what was the word--"contrarian?,"
> votes can really hammer the process.
> I mean, at this rate, we will have such
> a backed up slate of candidates that
> admission is by VC only. Just
> playing it out, if we add the four guys
> mentioned above next year, it will
> only dilute the vote even more, and
> so on and so on . . .
I'm at a loss over the panic mode. Here's who we've voted in:
BBWAA Pitchers
Allen Albertini
Bourbon Allen
Bowie Castellon
Anthony Cote
Scott Fenner
Raymond Gindler
Otto Kahle
Jethro Lee
Tim Lopresto
Andrew Murphy
Ahrend Nagel
Cecil Tan
David Wickersham
BBWAA Hitters
Whiskey Allen
Jean-Francois Arsenault
Ben Baum
Jed Burke
Steven Bussell
Tyrell Chestnut
Harry Cohan
Campbell Ditty
John Falise
Kid Fite
Jerry Hertzog
Roy Hobbs
August Kahle
Sam Kass
Whitey Kohse
Will Miller
Genaro Nunez
Dale Reneau
Salvatore Rossi
John Schmieder
Tom Turley
Oscar Vancini
Levi Walls
George Ward
Woody Woodson
Glendon Zegri
VC
Howard Adams
"Dark Horse" Allen
"Ray of Light" Brown
Tee Carver
Jared Jarry
John "Butterball" Klehammer
Mark Krosser
Dave "Shepard" McBean
Jassen Nelson
Scott Podlasek
Patrick Seifried
Johnny Cakes Sutton
The Real Life BBWAA voted in 27 people through 1953. TWB isn't taking a backseat to that pace.
Of course the RL VC was fricking insane. I think *our* VC has been much more sane. I know we all on the VC have a favorite or two we'd like to see go in, but the guys the VC has toss in are some greats. I think it's done a great job, and if we slow down to 1 a year, and over time get some more quality players who fell off the BBWAA ballot, cool.
The last thing we want to do is change the rules. Nothing has screwed up the RL HOF more than the constant changing of the rules. A Very Bad Idea.
I think people probably just have to make some cases better.
John
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