re: Dan LeBatard revealed as the writer who sold his Hall of Fame vote to Deadspin

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After looking closer at the whole process, I suspect that it goes on a lot. People get voted for just because people think they deserve to stay on the ballot OVER people that they know are going to get a shitload of votes because they can vote for those guys at any point that they feel like it.

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Then maybe the BBWAA should consider raising the number of votes they are allowed to give each year.


When the Hall started, there were 16 teams in all of MLB. There are now 30 teams, which means nearly twice as many players on the day-to-day 25-man roster, let alone the expanded 40-man roster.

A widely expanded roster of potential players should, in turn, raise the limit from 10 players per ballot to probably 15 or 20.


That would get rid of a lot of the horseshite vote-trading where people vote to keep a guy on the ballot rather than vote for a different guy whom they figure will be getting in anyway.