I think if you make it in your first year of eligibility then you are a no-brainer and one of the elite and deserve the enshrinement. If it takes you up to five years to get inducted then you are Hall Worthy and just not the elite of the elite. If it takes more than five years then you are probably not a no-brainer and need consideration making you borderline and probably not deserving. If it takes a Veteran's Committee, then you wouldn't be in if not for your buddies. These days it seems like most anyone can get in if they had a good World Series or a couple of good seasons or played on a good team.
That being said, I think the voting process is flawed. Why is it the baseball writers get to decide? Perhaps it should be a panel of experts, writers, statisticians, players and maybe even to some extent, the public.
When you stand Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Harold Baines and Ted Simmons together and say they are all in the same class . . . I don't think so.
That being said, I think the voting process is flawed. Why is it the baseball writers get to decide? Perhaps it should be a panel of experts, writers, statisticians, players and maybe even to some extent, the public.
When you stand Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Harold Baines and Ted Simmons together and say they are all in the same class . . . I don't think so.
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