I spoke with Leon about this and he's okay with it, so I'm going to start brainstorming a way for us (Net 54) to create our own baseball HOF (humans, not cards). I think such a thing would actually hold some weight, as this is a well-respected board.
It's in the initial stages, so any ideas are welcome. I certainly won't make up the rules for 'induction' myself (I might not even vote), but it would be good to have a core group to process the brainstorming and come up with rules.
Some ideas to debate, keeping in mind that this could get complicated:
- pre-war only? start with players only?
- starting ballot contains only players that are already in?
- ...or add others to initial ballot (or supplemental ballot), list to be determined (e.g: Jackson, [Rose], Tenney, Lowe...)
- annual? every 6 months?
I've been messing around with this idea literally for decades - the wonders of the computer and the internet should make it a bit easier these days.