Posted by Jtpsops on 1/18/2017 2:21:00 PM (view original):
Posted by tecwrg on 1/18/2017 1:41:00 PM (view original):
Posted by Jtpsops on 1/18/2017 1:38:00 PM (view original):
And yet people like you talk about how some guys (for example Maranville and Mazeroski) shouldn't be in the hall - don't you trust the people who covered them and voted them in?
I've never commented on Maranville.
Mazeroski was elected by the Veteran's Committee, not by the BBWAA. The VC has traditionally been fraught with cronyism in electing non-deserving players.
I just pulled them as random examples. I don't care about the specific player - the point is people in your camp are always saying certain guys shouldn't be in, which contradicts your "we should trust their reputation among those who covered them" argument.
But clearly you're no stranger to contradicting yourself.
Still don't know WTF you're referring to. I don't think you do, either. I think you're just arguing for the sake of argument, like your buddy PSBL often does.
By and large, I think the BBWAA (i.e., "those who covered them") has done a fine job. There have been a few exceptions in recent years (Rice, Dawson, and Blyleven for example), but for the most part I've agreed with their choices on who gets in and who doesn't.
Most of the people in the HOF who don't belong in the HOF are the players who were selected by the various VC's over the years.