I don’t like this “not worthy of the first ballot” stuff you either belong in or you don’t. Even if you don’t put Bonds and Clemens in cause of the ‘riods there are several who should have got in. Right? Biggio? Raines? Piazza (riods?)?
Poor Ran Santo died before they let him in.
And even the best of the best players don’t get in unanimously, I think the closest was Tom Seaver but a couple idiots still voted no. Who do those sportswriters think they are? Presidential electors in 1820?
“Who do those sportswriters think they are? Presidential electors in 1820?”
“And even the best of the best players don’t get in unanimously”
They are a cabal of self-important, self-supporting sports mullahs that are in no better position to judge people than a crystal meth distributor out looking to score Robitussin.
“either belong in or you don’t.”
Agreed. Neither Jim Rice or Tony Perez belong. Ron Santo, “Ran” to his friends and family, should have got in decades ago.