Posted By:
peter chaoDaniel,
Bill James (stats guru) believes it all started with the advent of the Veteran's Committee. Perhaps, that is one of the reasons why the current Veteran's Committee only meets every 2 years instead of one. So far, this new version of the Veteran's Committee hasn't elected anybody. So it will be interesting to see whether Santo or Gil Hodges gets in this time. Gil probably couldn't care less since he's long gone. 
Peter