Comments on: …. Worthy of the Hall http://www.onlybaseballmatters.com/archives/2008/12/21/worthy-of-the-hall/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:05:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Zo http://www.onlybaseballmatters.com/archives/2008/12/21/worthy-of-the-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-32274 Zo Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:19:33 +0000 http://www.onlybaseballmatters.com/?p=931#comment-32274 These are good ideas. If they eliminated the 5% rule, I would like to suggest a replacement - that if any player not on the ballot (for whatever reason) received 5% of the votes, as a write-in, they could add that player back to the ballot for consideration for some period of time (2 years?). That way, if in a few years as an example, the steroid boogie-man seemed just somewhat less an automatic disqualification than it does now, some players such as Mark McGwire or Barry Lamar Bonds could re-qualify for the hall. Public opinion changes, and that means even guys who are absolutely sure of themselves, like baseball writers. These are good ideas. If they eliminated the 5% rule, I would like to suggest a replacement – that if any player not on the ballot (for whatever reason) received 5% of the votes, as a write-in, they could add that player back to the ballot for consideration for some period of time (2 years?). That way, if in a few years as an example, the steroid boogie-man seemed just somewhat less an automatic disqualification than it does now, some players such as Mark McGwire or Barry Lamar Bonds could re-qualify for the hall. Public opinion changes, and that means even guys who are absolutely sure of themselves, like baseball writers.

]]> By: Kent http://www.onlybaseballmatters.com/archives/2008/12/21/worthy-of-the-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-32182 Kent Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:09:36 +0000 http://www.onlybaseballmatters.com/?p=931#comment-32182 Amen to that! As a kid I couldn't understand that lack of respect for Grich. I bring him up now and baseball fans at work laugh because they haven't really "heard of him." "Exactly" is my usual reply, "why is that?" When I first read Bill James, Grich and Darrell Evans (and later Mickey Tettleton) jumped out at me as baseball revelations! Happy holidays guys. Amen to that! As a kid I couldn’t understand that lack of respect for Grich. I bring him up now and baseball fans at work laugh because they haven’t really “heard of him.” “Exactly” is my usual reply, “why is that?” When I first read Bill James, Grich and Darrell Evans (and later Mickey Tettleton) jumped out at me as baseball revelations!

Happy holidays guys.

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