Defend or Deny… the baseball Hall of Fame vs Football Hall of Fame

[packs]

Yeah the biggest controversy I can remember for the NFL HOF was whether a punter belonged. Every year the MLB vote is scrutinized by major media. I would say it means more to be elected to MLB HOF than probably all other sports in terms of coverage, debate, etc. on a national level.

[D. Bergin]

Not sure if anybody noticed, but Offensive Lineman Jim Tyrer is the controversy this year.

Couldn't believe I wasn't familiar with his story until it came up again recently. If this were a baseball guy who was otherwise a HOF lock, we'd probably never stop talking about it.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...y-chiefs-great

[jayshum]

Here's something I never knew about the Football Hall of Fame:

"While there is no set number for any class of Enshrinees, the Hall of Fame's current selection process by laws stipulates that between four and eight new members will be selected."

This seems like another reason why the Baseball Hall of Fame is talked about more. While it doesn't happen often, there's no guarantee that someone is getting inducted every year.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Here's something I never knew about the Football Hall of Fame:

"While there is no set number for any class of Enshrinees, the Hall of Fame's current selection process by laws stipulates that between four and eight new members will be selected."

This seems like another reason why the Baseball Hall of Fame is talked about more. While it doesn't happen often, there's no guarantee that someone is getting inducted every year.

Football also has a much bigger pool to select from. I'm not of the school of thought that it's any easier to get into then the Baseball HOF.

A Baseball team has 9 starters on the field plus DH plus bench guys plus relievers per game

A Football team has 22 starters on the field, plus kickers, special teamers and regular rotational players.

I seemingly see guys who retired from the game in the Top 10 in a major statistical category, regularly get passed over in the HOF voting, by the time they come up for election.

Isaac Bruce was the #3 all time guy in Yards from a Receiver at the time he retired. Took him like 11 years before he got in the HOF.

This doesn't really happen in baseball, unless there's some sort of underlying factor, and a bunch of angsty, non-stop chatter surrounding it.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Football also has a much bigger pool to select from. I'm not of the school of thought that it's any easier to get into then the Baseball HOF.

A Baseball team has 9 starters on the field plus DH plus bench guys plus relievers per game

A Football team has 22 starters on the field, plus kickers, special teamers and regular rotational players.

I seemingly see guys who retired from the game in the Top 10 in a major statistical category, regularly get passed over in the HOF voting, by the time they come up for election.

Isaac Bruce was the #3 all time guy in Yards from a Receiver at the time he retired. Took him like 11 years before he got in the HOF.

This doesn't really happen in baseball, unless there's some sort of underlying factor, and a bunch of angsty, non-stop chatter surrounding it.

I don't pay attention to the Football Hall of Fame and who gets inducted each year so I can't say if it's easier or harder to get into than it is for Baseball. I just think it's interesting that there are supposed to be 4 to 8 inducted every year. Rosters in football are basically double the size of rosters in baseball and 2 to 4 new inductees in the Baseball Hall of Fame is probably what happens each year so 4 to 8 for Football sounds right. It's just surprising that it's basically mandated for Football.