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peter chaoGuys,
In the Politics of Glory, Bill James brings up that the movement to get Addie Joss into the Hall of Fame didn't start in earnest until after Dizzy Dean got in. This makes sense in a way because Dizzy also had a short career and people started looking twice at Addie's career.
However, through the politics of the Veteran's Committee the rules were changed for Joss so that he could get around the 10 year requirement. It should have never happened, you should never bend the rules to allow a borderline candidate to get in it makes no sense. It makes sense to bend the rules for an exceptional candidate like Roberto Clemente, but not for a borderline candidate.
Addie Joss in his time was not an exceptional pitcher whereas Dizzy Dean was in his time.
Peter