Posted By:
Chris CountsI read an article today by HOF voter Gwen Knapp of the San Francisco Chronicle where she explains why she voted for ... (gasp!) ... Ken Caminiti!
Caminiti, you might recall, had one legitimate HOF season ... which attributed to, in a remarkable case of honesty, steroids. Knapp, by the way, didn't vote for McGuire ... for the simple reason "he wasn't honest."
This comes just a day after one of the voters announced he was turning in a blank ballot as a protest against the steroid era. Apparently, he didn't notice a well-deserving handful of players were on the ballot — like Jim Rice, Goose Gossage, etc. — who pre-dated the steroid era ...
I bring this up as tangible evidence that the HOF is truly broken. They've got people voting for HOFers who seem to have only a passing interest or knowledge of the game. No amount of ranting and raving about its quirks is going to fix anything. And by the way, I rant and rave about it as much as anyone ...
P.S. ... I am convinced that we on the Vintage Card Forum ... despite our vast political differences, could do a far better job electing HOFers than the clowns currently entrusted with the task ... Now there's a fun thread waiting to happen!