Sports Collectors Daily Home
More Sports Collecting News
Contact Info
Editor's Blog
JB Sports Auctions
Football Cards
Diamond Autographs
Packers Memorabilia
Mastro Auctions
Auction Report
Ironclad Auctions
EveryAthleteAutographEvent
Baseball Card Grading
Sports Memorabilia
Baseball Cards Shop
Your Link Here!
Advertising Info
About Us/Media Inquiries
What's Hot on eBay
Collecting Resources
What's it Worth?
Sports Card Channel Videos

Visit Sports Collectors Social Network
Auctions closing soon

Baseball Cards
Buying? Selling?
Reach thousands on

Ad rates start at $1 per day
(812)550-6017
Sports Collectors Daily Home arrow More Sports Collecting News arrow Misc. Sports Collecting News arrow Who Shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame?
Advertisement

Who Shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame?

 Print E-mail
Share This Story
Delicious
NewsVine
Reddit
YahooMyWeb
Technorati
Digg
Fark
Stumble
?
Thursday, 17 July 2008
It turns a common card into a pricey one and sometimes rewrites baseball history. Hall of Fame election is far from a perfect process.

Ever looked at a baseball card of a player and didn't know he was in the Hall of Fame?

Ever looked at one and thought he should be?

The Baseball Writers Association and Veterans Committee keep the inductee list short year after year but sometimes they've voted players and executives into Cooperstown's hallowed halls without a lot of real thought.

In a story written before Goose Gossage was elected last winter, one writer offered up some arguments--and got some in return-- challenging the credentials of certain inductees.
 

Shop for sports cards by year
1880s-present

Baseball

Football

Basketball

Hockey
Display Cases
Jerseys
Baseball Card Books
Trader Retreat
Sports Card Forum
Joomla! Integration by Principal Web Solutions