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Originally Posted by Orioles1954
Character clause and yet Cap Anson is still in. What a hoot!
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Ain't that the truth. Unofficial rule: character issues only count much for people whose most front page news time was prior to the 1980s. If you were an awful person before that, it often doesn't matter and you are still revered (unless you threw games, bet on ones you managed, or chopped up puppies and kittens).
And I'm not even sure the chopped part would matter.
This rule often applies outside of baseball as well.