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Originally Posted by jayshum
The Hall of Fame changed their rules the year Rose would have been first eligible to appear on the writers ballot to make anyone on MLB's ineligible list also ineligible to be on the Hall of Fame ballot.
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Originally Posted by KJA
In 1991 the HOF made the rule "Persons on baseball’s ineligible list cannot be eligible candidates." So that's why Rose was never on the ballot.
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But there was no reason for the passage of such a rule had the Hall of Fame acted independently of MLB! There was no reason for the Hall of Fame to care about MLB's ineligible list. If the Hall of Fame was another arm of MLB, I could understand following MLB's edict. But they say it ain't so.
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Last edited by Balticfox; 05-19-2025 at 11:19 PM.
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