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Posted By: jay behrens

Scotty, I read an article proposing that same exact formula, but the writer also realized the major flaw in it. If you start at 1900 and vote in the those top 10 players from each position, how silly do they look 100 years down the line when you have a bunch of 19th century and Deadball Era players in the HOF that have no business being there.

Then there is the problem that as time goes by, it becomes virtually impossible to crack the top 10. You want to use Wins, Ks and ERA for pitchers. We NEVER see a pitcher crack the top 10 in ERA in our lifetime, or anyone elses unless there are radical changes to how pitchers are handled. And with Clemens being tied for 10th in wins and Maddux 24 wins from 10th all-time, we have probebly seen the last pitcher to ever crack the top 10 in Wins.

I may see if I can figuer out some sort of database that would show jsut how bizzar this HOF would look.

Jay

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