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Originally Posted by ctownboy
There are a lot of guys who had two or three great years or who had their careers cut short for one reason or another but putting them in the HOF because of it just isn't right.
David
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David, I kind of disagree with you here. I think the Hall of Fame that honors Chick Hafey and Rabbit Maranville should also honor Tony Oliva, Roger Maris, Bill Freehan and Thuman Munson. This is a place for lovers of the game and real fans and while one could easily argue that it is not what the hall of fame set out to be, it is what it has become and it is unfair to the families to go our and extract the Elmer Flicks.
I think there should be a second "inner circle" which would be honored in some other way...gold plaques maybe...it is comprised of players who one must know to meet minimum functional baseball literacy standards. It would start with an induction class of 11...one of each position player, one right handed pitcher, one left handed pitcher and one at large (manager, relief pitcher, another extra player). After the initial induction one player will be added to the class each year. My suspicion would be someone along the lines of Ernie Banks would be the minimum standard to ever receive consideration.