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Originally Posted by Tabe
Why would a player need to be perfect to be unanimous? I don't understand the connection. If a player is an obvious HOFer, such as Jeter, Ripken, Mantle, Pujols, Seaver, Bench, Ichiro, they should be unanimous. For them to be not unanimous is some sports writer saying "nah, that guy isn't a Hall of Famer" when that is CLEARLY not the case. And, no, the "Well, Babe Ruth wasn't unanimous so Ichiro shouldn't be either" argument isn't valid either.
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To me, the only reason that makes sense for withholding a vote from an obvious Hall of Famer is if there are more than 10 candidates that a voter wants to vote for so the obvious Hall of Famer is left off their ballot because the voter figures that candidate will get voted in anyway. If the voting method were changed so that a voter cast a Yes/No vote for every person on the ballot, it's possible that there would be more unanimous inductees.