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Originally Posted by Chris Counts
Because the voters can't be counted on to vote without bias — or be informed about baseball history — I say let players stay on the ballot forever. For some deserving players, it's the only way they can get in. A five-year limit unfairly reduces their chances. It's not their fault the voters are petty or ill-informed.
If only baseball historians voted — people who understand the numbers and the difference between ballparks and eras — more players would get in.
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I think these points were the reason the Hall instituted the new Veterans Committee formats a few years ago. Technically, if someone played 10 years, they ARE eligible for life. They have to get through the nominating committees' screening process first, of course. But I believe those committees, as well as the actual voters, are now populated by more true baseball historians than in past Veteran formats.