Baseball card hall of fame voting has begun

[yngray1967]

https://youtu.be/UJH9Kwpt3LA

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...ting-underway/


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[Chris-Counts]

They let in Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe last year, so they've managed to do two things the other Hall of Fame has failed to accomplish.

[Rich Klein]

Dr. Beckett has done a couple of podcasts as he has enjoyed this concept as well.

This one ran today

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR...EegQIBBAF&ep=6

[Harliduck]

I think it's a phenomenal idea, love it. Feed the nerd inside me to rank what interests me. Very cool that I have a majority of the cards, and I am sure this will spur interest in completing the HOFers even though some may be impossible.

I took the Democrat view point and voted twice...

[yngray1967]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Dr. Beckett has done a couple of podcasts as he has enjoyed this concept as well.



This one ran today



https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR...EegQIBBAF&ep=6

Thanks rich for voting.
I appreciate it.

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[NiceDocter]

Man its gonna be just like the real HOF..... first the greats, then the ones who dont belong..... I voted only for the Lajoie..... look at whats already in there, getting out of control fast. What next, every Mantle/Mays/Clemente/Jackie card out there? Junk wax will go in as an unopened case! LOL

[mrmopar]

Pretty much, like any other popularity contest.

What makes a specific baseball card worthy of "Hall of Fame" status outside the player shown? Rookie cards, short prints, high value to name a few, I am sure.

Does the image matter, such as the 53 Reese, 71 Munson, etc? Certainly appears it does, but it has to be a combination of a star and a great image. Will the 1973 Luis Alvarado make it simply based on the action shot with the very unusual background? What makes a 39 Play Ball DiMaggio all that special, besides the fact it is DiMaggio? It's rather boring looking actually, like a lot of the early Bowman sets. The 51 Doby is a great card, especially considering the rest of the set, but was he good enough to warrant HOF status with that exceptional card? Will Oscar "Mickey Mouse" Gamble ever qualify? how about Kurt "Bubble" Bevacqua? How iconic outside of the flipping, trading & bubblegum book is the very odd 52T Gus Zernial card?

The 1933 Delong, 1938 Goudey and 1951 Topps Connie Mack All-Stars were favorites of mine as a kid because of what I thought was over the top design and.or art work. At least 1 card from those sets belongs, so let me guess (Gehrig, DiMaggio & Ruth or one of the super SP modern AS cards.

Fun concept, but like the regular HOF, will be hotly debated for the choices.

Originally Posted by NiceDocter

Man its gonna be just like the real HOF..... first the greats, then the ones who dont belong..... I voted only for the Lajoie..... look at whats already in there, getting out of control fast. What next, every Mantle/Mays/Clemente/Jackie card out there? Junk wax will go in as an unopened case! LOL

[rats60]

Originally Posted by NiceDocter

Man its gonna be just like the real HOF..... first the greats, then the ones who dont belong..... I voted only for the Lajoie..... look at whats already in there, getting out of control fast. What next, every Mantle/Mays/Clemente/Jackie card out there? Junk wax will go in as an unopened case! LOL

How is it just the greats? No t206 Plank, M101-4/5 Ruth, 1933 Goudey Lajoie. Baltimore News Ruth and 1925 Exhibit Gehrig not even eligible? Yet a card in because it has a cuss word on it as well as several worthless junk wax era rookie cards. Who is voting in this? It is more like Harold Baines and Jack Morris being part of the inaugural class and Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson having to wait years to get in. It is already a joke.There are lots of great cards that they are completely ignoring. Certainly no collectors are part of this.