Billy Ballplayer played major league baseball for 15 years. 5 years after Billy’s retirement Vic Voter is asked to evaluate Billy’s career and determine whether or not Billy is deserving of entering the baseball Hall of Fame. Vic has been giving 5 years to carefully vet Billy’s playing career. Billy’s playing career hasn’t changed since the day he retired.
Vic, we need an answer to the question. Is Billy a Hall of Fame baseball player? This is a yes or no question. This voting process seems so simple and straight forward. So why has the HOF screwed this up so badly? Because they have disregarded logic.
What’s illogical about the current MLB HOF voting process?
- 5 years is plenty of time to evaluate a playing career. A voter should have 1 vote per player 1 time, period. The idea that a player is on the ballot for multiple years is ridiculous. Nothing changes after retirement! How can you vote no for years and then suddenly change your mind and vote yes? Did you miss something in your evaluation process? Did new information become available? If you missed something, or you changed your mind, this is an indication you are not qualified to be voting for the HOF and you should immediately have your voting privileges revoked!
- A voter should never be allowed to vote no for a player that is obviously deserving of the HOF. The fact that someone voted no to Ken Griffey Jr. is illogical!
- You can’t possible have a maximum or minimum number of players that can or can’t go into the HOF each year! Again, either the are, or you aren’t a HOF player.
The MLB HOF has the potential of being so awesome, but it continues to be illogical. The HOF should be a great reward for those deserving of the highest recognition of their accomplishments. However, when you continue to put players like Bert Blyleven and Bruce Sutter into the HOF you remain irrelevant.
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