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Originally Posted by jingram058
I think he should be in, myself. I couldn't give a crap about his gambling, especially now that everyone is doing it. But then, I don't give a crap about steroids, either, for that matter. In the end, he's dead. It doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. He played with reckless abandon, he signed my friend's ball when George Brett wouldn't, he signed my 1964 Topps card, and he's the all-time hits leader. Nothing else matters. As McGreevy would put it, nuf ced.
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The voting instructions include integrity and character. As written, he’s an indefensible candidate.
This can always be changed and then your position would make sense even if I disagree. In practice, it never will because the Hall is selling saccharine nostalgia. But he’ll get in anyway from some arbitrary committee with his friends on it.