That was actually in a comment on today’s post from Craig, but it might make a little more sense once you consider the third brother in the family (J. Crew). And if that still doesn’t help, your morning coffee and/or evening champagne might do the trick...
The crazy thing is that there were people who didn't vote for Willie Mays for the Hall. Pretty sure they must have been white supremacists. Which only reinforces the anti-BBWAA argument.
They could set a limit on how many players are in the Hall of Fame, so that to get Derek Jeter in you'd have to throw some less deserving current HoFer. I have a friend who advocates that idea, though mostly in jest. It would probably actually work for quite a while to cut some of the dead wood, but eventually you'd end up throwing out, say, Mike Schmidt to fit in some guy who was even better in the class of 2120.
Joe handled the “small hall” issue brilliantly with his Willie Mays HOF post:
https://joeposnanski.substack.com/p/the-willie-mays-hall-of-fame
That was actually in a comment on today’s post from Craig, but it might make a little more sense once you consider the third brother in the family (J. Crew). And if that still doesn’t help, your morning coffee and/or evening champagne might do the trick...
The crazy thing is that there were people who didn't vote for Willie Mays for the Hall. Pretty sure they must have been white supremacists. Which only reinforces the anti-BBWAA argument.
This was an excellent piece!
They could set a limit on how many players are in the Hall of Fame, so that to get Derek Jeter in you'd have to throw some less deserving current HoFer. I have a friend who advocates that idea, though mostly in jest. It would probably actually work for quite a while to cut some of the dead wood, but eventually you'd end up throwing out, say, Mike Schmidt to fit in some guy who was even better in the class of 2120.
Only 95 years. Class of 2120 would have retired by 2115
Or would the be sufficiently dysfunctional?
That's the topic I'm musing on for my eventual Cup of Coffee guest post...