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Originally Posted by GBC Chairman
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While O'Neil missing out by one vote (by a special committee of
experts, to be fair) is especially ridiculous (in light of his recent passing), the Simmons debacle will always be the best example of the rank incompetence of the Baseball Writers as voters.
They treated Simba like he was a joke candidate, eliminating him in his first year from future ballots. Why? Probably because they believed their own writing about his "bad" defense and because he played DH late in his career. One of the best hitting catchers of all time and they cast him aside like he's Walt Weiss.
