We All Know That Ty Cobb Is In the HOF...

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Posted By: peter chao

The interesting thing about the HOF admissions standards is they say admissions is based on a number of factors including character. But they never define character nor do they state it's importance relative to other factors. But just look at the past how the character factor was applied and look at how it's recently been applied.

Like people stated earlier Cobb got more votes than Babe Ruth so basically, character was not weighed heavily with regard to Cobb. But look at what occurred recently with McGwire. He was heavily penalized for being evasive in front of Congress. Doesn't that appear to be a different weighting of the character factor.

Peter