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Posted By: boxingcardman

1. The writers have not always been unbaised or intelligent in their decisionmaking. No one has ever been unanimously elected. That means some dunce did not vote for Ted Williams, Je DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Tom Seaver, Johnny Bench, Tony Gwynn, Stan Musial, Warren Spahn, etc., when each of them first appeared on the ballot.

2. Sometimes a long delay is needed to understand the historical context of the players. Those who played in a mid-1960s and those who played in the late 1990s were and are difficult calls because of how certain developments skewed the game. And what about the relievers who defined the position; there has been a lot of difficulty placing guys like Sutter and Gossage in context.

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