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Posted By: <b>peter chao</b><p>Peter S., PC<br /><br />The Hall of Fame has never been just about the numbers. If it was then Cy Young should have been in the first group of 5 elected.<br /><br />The HOF is a historical institution. That's the reason they make retired players wait 5 years.<br /><br />Some people still think that Bill Mazeroski was a bad decision by the Hall, I would say it just takes longer for some aspects of greatness to appear. It simply took 25+ years to figure out that Maz was the greatest fielding 2nd baseman of all-time. It takes longer for people to realize that his walk-off homer in the '60 World Series would stand the test of time.<br /><br />Peter C.

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Posted By: <b>JimCrandell</b><p>Brilliant logic Peter--maybe I should not give up on Vic Davalillo if all these other guys get in.

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Posted By: <b>Peter_Spaeth</b><p>Peter C. I think you make my point for me. They have to wait 5 years so there is some historical perspective on a player. It seems to me that at that point, if a guy can't get in after several years of eligibility, a definitive judgment has been made. Letting players in who played decades ago is misplaced nostalgia if you ask me.

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Posted By: <b>peter chao</b><p>Peter S.,<br /><br />Well...the HOF is operating on a longer time-frame. At a certain time players are no longer eligible to be elected by the Veteran's Committee. With this new committee I have no idea what the time limit is.<br /><br />Peter C.

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Posted By: <b>Steve Dawson</b><p>To Joshua Levine:<br /><br />Please, NO on Sherry Magee being inducted; if only because of the fact that then, all of us T206 HOFer collectors would suddenly need to get his error card!!!!! <img src="/images/sad.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />Just imagine what that would do to the price of it!!!!!<br /><br />Steve<br /><br /><br />Edited because I misspelled Sherry's name! <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>james you asked "Were players like Jim Rice, Andre Dawson and Alan Trammel considered the elite or the exceptional players of their times" yes of course they were(dawson 8 gold gloves,7x top 20 mvp,8 x all star) (rice 6x top 5 mvp, 8 x all star) (trammell 6x all star,4 x gold glove) i'd take those 3 on my team anyday.

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Posted By: <b>Larry</b><p>then why not induct Vada Pinson?

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Harold Baines is on the ballot.<br /><br />The only good thing you can say about the 2 lengthy player strikes of 1981 and 1994 is it keeps Harold out of the Hall of Fame.<br /><br />Harold was a nice player, but no Hall of Famer, and without those strikes he gets 3000 hits and 400 homers.<br /><br />He finished with 2866 hits and 384 homers.<br /><br />