Today's Trivia Question

[timn1]

Wow, that probably does explain it, at least somewhat-

Butch, I think a revote would be fun-

Originally Posted by rats60

There were 2 ballots in 1936. One for 19th century players and one for 20th. Cy Young's career was split between the two centuries so there was confusion among the voters. Some voted for him on one ballot and others voted for him on the other resulting in Cy not being elected by either. I think that carried over to the 1937 with Cy receiving fewer votes than he should have.

[SMPEP]

In a re-vote ... I'd vote against 97% of the Hall of Fame.

In my mind there are only 9 HOFers: Babe, Wajo, Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Ted Williams, Musial, Aaron, Mays, and Mantle.

The rest are merely members of the Hall of Really Good players.

[timn1]

Let’s forget the idea of re-voting, then. What would be the point with the attitude around?

Originally Posted by SMPEP

In a re-vote ... I'd vote against 97% of the Hall of Fame.

In my mind there are only 9 HOFers: Babe, Wajo, Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Ted Williams, Musial, Aaron, Mays, and Mantle.

The rest are merely members of the Hall of Really Good players.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by SMPEP

In a re-vote ... I'd vote against 97% of the Hall of Fame.

In my mind there are only 9 HOFers: Babe, Wajo, Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Ted Williams, Musial, Aaron, Mays, and Mantle.

The rest are merely members of the Hall of Really Good players.

Couldn't make it an even 10 for ol' Johannes?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

Couldn't make it an even 10 for ol' Johannes?

I can think of at least 12 that were really great.

[sac_bunt]

Originally Posted by SMPEP

In a re-vote ... I'd vote against 97% of the Hall of Fame.

In my mind there are only 9 HOFers: Babe, Wajo, Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Ted Williams, Musial, Aaron, Mays, and Mantle.

The rest are merely members of the Hall of Really Good players.

Nobody that played after 1976 is worthy? 🤔
What would a millennial say to that? 😁