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Posted By: Shawn Chambers

I think anyone not enshrined just because they've been dead a long time would mean no more Veterans Committee...amd some deserving men going shamefully unrecognized for their excellence on the field.

I, also, think that to Joe's fans and especially his family it would mean everything for him to be reinstated and elected as a HOF. If it were your grandfather and you had grown up with the stigma of "gambler" "crook" etc bandied about your relative...you probably wouldn't be so cavalier in your dismissal of the importance of his enshrinement.

His is a compelling story, but Joe was a star. I think Buck Weaver's is the story that is more compelling by the scandal. Joe WAS already great. Buck had mysterious potential...

Shawn