Hall of Fame Ballot Announced

[cammb]

Originally Posted by G1911

How are these eight like Baines?

3 are obviously statistically HOFers, but have the David Ortiz problem that was just ignored.

2 are punished for personality and/or politics.

2 are questionable but are the opposite of Baines; Mattingly and Murphy are peak players not accumulators.

McGriff comes the closest, but he hardly seems to be a Baines type choice at all.

Schilling, if elected, will be elected for his 79.5 WAR and statistical performance, not for being an “all-time moron”.

What did he do that you labeled him a "moron" ?

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by cammb

What did he do that you labeled him a "moron" ?

He went on anti-Semitic public rants, plural, that made him appear to be a classic "moron" in every sense of the word. Go look it up...

[cammb]

Originally Posted by jingram058

He went on anti-Semitic public rants, plural, that made him appear to be a classic "moron" in every sense of the word. Go look it up...

I di look it up. It seemed he was labeled an anti semite for asking why Jews vote demoncrat in elections. Now a days, labels have become cheapened..

[G1911]

Originally Posted by cammb

What did he do that you labeled him a "moron" ?

I did not. Do you not know what quotation marks signify?

[cammb]

Originally Posted by G1911

I did not. Do you not know what quotation marks signify?

No, enlighten me.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by cammb

No, enlighten me.

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[cammb]

Originally Posted by G1911

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Pretty clever, condescender.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by cammb

Pretty clever, condescender.

Well, you could try actually reading next time.

[Seven]

The Hall of Fame started on a downward spiral once the early stages of the corrupt Veteran's committee was put into place. So many of their selections are suspect, as they were busy trying to get their friends into the Hall of Fame.

I've also been very vocal about this, there are known cheaters in the Hall of Fame. Many people hold a "holier than thou" attitude about players, even if they so much as experimented with a pharmaceutical drug. Meanwhile Pud Galvin, Babe Ruth, and Mickey Mantle experimented with animal testosterone. Mays And Aaron took amphetamines at least once. And on that subject, God knows how many players were popping Greenies like they were M&M's in the clubhouse either, or high off of painkillers in order to pitch.

I don't want people citing character clauses either. Cap Ansons in the Hall of Fame, the guy that was probably responsible for segregating the game, Commiosner Landis is in, the man that upheld said segregation. It was rumored that Tris Speaker had ties to the KKK.

My point being, the Hall is a place that commemorates and celebrates the greatness of baseball. How these men achieved that greatness, or their dealings outside of the game of baseball should not matter. Voters can't play the moral police for one group of players but not another.