Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for Managers/Executives/Umpires for Hall of Fame

[jayshum]

I have to admit to being happy Joe West didn't come close to getting in. He was part of the group that received less than 5 votes.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Get rid of these Committees. Too much cronyism. Need a much broader base of voters.

[mainemule]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Get rid of these Committees. Too much cronyism. Need a much broader base of voters.

I agree.....what about giving all HOFers a vote? Still need 75%.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by mainemule

I agree.....what about giving all HOFers a vote? Still need 75%.

Or a diverse group selected from different constituencies.

[ejharrington]

Originally Posted by jayshum

I have to admit to being happy Joe West didn't come close to getting in. He was part of the group that received less than 5 votes.

100% agree

[paul]

I believe the HOF tried giving all living members a vote for a few years. No one got elected, so they changed the system.

[brianp-beme]

I think baseball card cutup artists have severely dwindled the supply of early Jim Leyland cards from the late 1980's when fashioning under eye shadows and ear canals in their artwork.

Brian (now I have to dig out one of my 1987 Topps of him before I absentmindedly send it off to the art scissor underworld )