Rules for Old Timer HOF Committee

[slidekellyslide]

There is something called The Pre-Integration Committee...they elected Hank O'Day, Jacob Rupert and Deacon White to the HOF in 2012.

[z28jd]

The pre-integration committee meets every three years and votes on a ballot of ten players. Next voting is in 2015 and with the three guys off the ballot mentioned above, that means three new ones will likely join the seven returning names, which are:

Bill Dahlen
Marty Marion
Tony Mullane
Al Reach
Wes Ferrell
Bucky Walters
Samuel Breadon

Jimmy Ryan would be a pretty good choice to add to the list, but there are plenty of other names to consider too, especially since it's not just players.

[bender07]

Originally Posted by z28jd

The pre-integration committee meets every three years and votes on a ballot of ten players. Next voting is in 2015 and with the three guys off the ballot mentioned above, that means three new ones will likely join the seven returning names, which are:

Bill Dahlen
Marty Marion
Tony Mullane
Al Reach
Wes Ferrell
Bucky Walters
Samuel Breadon

Jimmy Ryan would be a pretty good choice to add to the list, but there are plenty of other names to consider too, especially since it's not just players.

So those 7 are automatically included in the next ballot? That's interesting and, honestly, a bit surprising.

[z28jd]

You should have bolded one more word at the beginning...."likely", as in if they were good enough to be on the ballot once, what could they have done to lose their spot after three names are taken off. It is the HOF we are talking about, so common sense doesn't always come out on top. It's always going to be a ten person ballot according to the rules, so you would hope that they are considering who they feel are the ten best candidates, otherwise, what sense would the initial list make. I could come up with seven names that I think are better than those fairly easy.