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Posted By: Julie

There is an accepted tradition--I'm sure you all know this--that a "first ballot HOFER" is an honor awarded to only a few, and that the baseball writers balk at admitted more than three a year. (four max). So lesser, but still deserving player have to wait longer.

I for one am glad that Reese is in...look how long it took him!

Unfortunately, still following Hal, we also look at the YEAR the guy got in, and mistakes by the Veterans' Committee has really mucked this up. Guy on the Veterans' Committee gets a bunch of his cronies in, and "1945" doesn't seem like such a great date to be admitted anymore
(actually, I took "1945" at random--I think they did pretty well that year).

This sure is one topic on which everyone has an opinion!