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Originally Posted by Ricky
Palmetto getting a Gold Glove was a joke and an aberration, but is certainly an outlier. Subjective voters do miss from time to time, but Hall of Fame voting is subjective as well and influenced by personal prejudices and opinion. Players who were nasty to sportswriters (with the exception of shoo ins like Ted Williams) are going to have a tough hill to climb. It took Eddie Matthews six tries to get in because he had a contentious relationship with the writers.
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Yes, who has been selected is a subjective measure. Subjective measures abound in hall candidacies.
Who
should be elected can be investigated objectively, by applying equal standards.
I am not saying subjective measures have not been a major, or even the major yardstick. I am saying they are not logical or reasonable.