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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr
I'm not going to deny there are idiot voters who put non baseball criteria into their vetting process. I can't speak for those people. Again, I'm not letting the mistakes of others force me to make the same mistake. Steroids & gambling affect the game. I'm not denying fact just because I have sentimental feelings towards a player.
They could do that & make it easier on everybody. But you will also send the message being a superstar on the field means the rules don't apply to you. And I, for one, have had enough of people getting away with things because of $, race, power, or popularity. If all men are created equal, then let's let the consequences be level as well.
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How can you be assured who is taking and who isn't taking something.
What if a new sports drug is invented and a player takes it, gets inducted but its not revealed he took the drug till five years later?
I think i lean more to once a game is done its done.
I just don't think you will ever be able to limit the hall to the good guys.
Wouldn't it be better to send the message while the player is playing?
You take away games from a player and it can end up costing him both money and stats.
I just hope writers vote or don't vote for players because they believe he should be in the hall and not because he is liked or not liked.
I understand not voting for Bonds because of the steroids allegations but when they bring up he wasn't a nice guy i think that is a little irrelevant.
I also think the voters should either be rotated or be tested on their basic knowledge of the nominees.
The fact that the one guy didn't know Jeter was eligible and is a shame.
How writers can turn in empty ballots and then put a players on the next year that retired 7 years ago i dont know.
Why not just limit the ballot to 5 or 7 names but say the ballot has to be filled out?
That doesn't guarantee a player will get in but it does help players that deserve to be in get there before they die.
Well maybe.
Because i believe there are still players that are gone that still deserve to be in the hall.
I don't know what is a good pctg for hall of famers vs all the players that have played but i hope Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy can get in.
I know there were players with better stats but also without better stats in the hall.
I just know that in the 80s it seemed they were the story of the game almost every day.
I guess im more for players getting in than eliminating players.
Heck i'd even let Curt Schilling in.