Spinoff: if Bonds doesn't get busted, is he unanimously into the HOF?

probably would get a higher % than those two. who knows about unanimous. probably not.

No, because he was an a-hole and some of the writers would hold that against him

No b/c he was an a-hole

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No, because he was an a-hole and some of the writers would hold that against him

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Correct

Greatest player ever.

no. im sure 90% of the rational voters know there is always that 10% who will do something stupid. i doubt they discuss it.

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How do they make sure it's only one guy?

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They go by "meanness seniority".

If Bonds made one of the voters cry before, they go to him first and give him the option of dropping the "no" vote. If he declines, they go down the chain through the voters that Bonds made red in the face, stutter with frustration, etc.

In the event of multiple people in a certain bracket, the most senior voter in the group gets first crack.

No some jackass would vote no just to make themselves feel important

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not named Ken Griffey

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But suppose it's a living saint who hits 800 home runs and 4500 hits playing 3000 games in a row

They want to make sure nobody is unanimous -- what do they do? Do they hold a meeting? Send out emails?

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why are you making this more complicated than it needs to be?

there is no organized effort to make sure nobody gets in unanimously.

why would voters even need to talk to each other when its usually pretty obvious which players are for sure getting into the hall in their first year of eligibility?


the average sports writer is already a cantankerous old fart.

baseball focused writers are even worse as they feel they are somehow preserving the game.

with the amount of old farts voting, the odds are simply too high that there is always going to be some old curmudgeon who wants to make sure a person does not get a unanimous vote. It might be b/c they think the player was a dick. It might be b/c they think his stats are inflated by where he played. It might be (most likely) that he simply thinks that since greats like Babe Ruth and Willie Mays didn't get unanimously voted in that nobody should.

All you need to know is its pretty obvious who will make it in the HOF their first year and b/c of that its easy for the very small minority of voters who don't want anyone to get a unanimous first ballot to know who and when to leave players off their ballot.