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Originally Posted by sayhey24
This post is wrong on so many levels. A purist would actually want Santo in -- the definition of a purist is one who adheres strictly and often excessively to tradition; the HOF right from its early decades, established a tradition of not just electing the greatest of the great, but also that second tier of players who are below Ruth and Gehrig and Cobb (some of them far below). Santo by the way, lands squarely in the middle when ranking HOF third basemen.
The idea that Ripken doesn't belong in the Hall is just plain silly, but then again people who can't spell Ripken probably shouldn't be offering opinions on Cal.
Greg
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The baseball writters did an excellent job in only placing the best of the best in the Hall until about 1975 when Kiner then Lemon went in. The majority of the lesser talented players went in by the committees who voted for their friends. Those getting less than 80% of the vote should not be there.
take all of those players out and the committee ones and you would have a real HOF.