I've read Sowell's book about Chapman and Mays, as w the Delehanty / 1903 book. Both were well researched and joys to read.
I agree with the notion that Chapman was HOF bound. Mays seem Hall worthy, and even if The Pitch didn't come up in discussions about whether Mays would get elected, Th Pitch HAD to me in everyone's mind even it it wasn't mentioned.
Cobb made it to the Hall, we wasn't well liked, he was despised; Cobb, Speaker and Wood dabbled in fixing games, you can listed to Smokey Joe talking about it in the expanded CD version of The Glory Of Their Times. Wood talks about it not happening, denying it, right up to when he excitedly admits that they did it. And there's a new book out on it, that I've yet to read.
The Hall... I think it's too late to fix it. Some folks have gotten in that shouldn't have... Too late to fix that. What can be done is to stop letting folks in who were really good ballplayers, stars, who fall short of being Hall of Famers.
Chapman was a very good player.
Mays was a very good pitcher.
It remains a shame that it happened.
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