re: What changes would you make to Baseball HOF balloting

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What happens when there are a few dry years and a person with less favorable stats gets in over someone that is no longer eligible?

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You mean, like now? The BBWAA has elected, since 2000, these players:

Carlton Fisk
Tony Perez
Gary Carter
Kirby Puckett
Paul Molitor
Ryne Sandberg
Bruce Sutter
Jim Rice
Andre Dawson
Goose Gossage
Bert Blyleven

While failing to induct:

Mike Piazza
Lee smith
Roger Clemens
Barry Bonds
Curt Schilling
Dale Murphy
Alan Trammell
Jeff Bagwell
Mark McGwire
Tim Raines
Edgar Martinez
Craig Biggio
and hell, Jack Morris and Larry Walker (Walker is a superior player to both Rice and Dawson).

I'm sorry, but the list of guys being kept out is far better than the list of guys being put in. (I did leave out some of the no brainers who did get inducted, and I do support Ryno, just I think he's inferior to Biggio)

The system is broken NOW. Take it by position:

Piazza is better than Carter and Fisk.

McGwire, Bagwell, McGriff, hell, RAFFY are all better than Tony Perez

Biggio is better than Ryno (but it's close, this is personal opinion one)

Trammell is, ok, not as good as Larkin

There's no viable 3B on the ballot now.

Bonds, Murphy, and Raines are better than Puckett (Murph even has the same short career). Walker is better than Dawson. Hell, I think Lofton is better than Rice, but Rice is supremely overrated.

I think Edgar is a better DH than Molitor, but it's pretty close.

Clemens is better than Blyleven. Schilling is probably better with his postseason bump.

Lee Smith is better than Sutter. OK, Goose is better than Smith.