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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

In the mid-40s the baseball writers had no good candidates to induct, so they stood their ground, and elected noone. The veterans committee, however, felt an urgency to fill this gap and in 1944 elected Judge Landis; in 1945 Jimmy Collins and Fred Clarke; in '46 it was Joe Tinker, Tommy McCarthy, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance.

With this precedent set, the door was open for what has followed. And here we have the demise of credibility which now exists.