HOF BBWAA Ballot (Henderson & Jim Rice)

[hankp101]

Bruce I appreciate your making your votes public when so many do not.

 

Probably the number 1 thing I don't get about the current process is why the ballots aren't made public. The voters all write about baseball for a living, so they shouldn't be afraid to have to defend their decisions in print. Just my opinion.

 

The other thing I don't understand is the lifetime membership aspect of the voting. Once they retire from writing about journalism, there is no way to be certain that the writers are following the game at the level that led to their being deemed worthy of a vote.

[Bruce Miles]

Bruce I appreciate your making your votes public when so many do not.

 

Probably the number 1 thing I don't get about the current process is why the ballots aren't made public. The voters all write about baseball for a living, so they shouldn't be afraid to have to defend their decisions in print. Just my opinion.

 

The other thing I don't understand is the lifetime membership aspect of the voting. Once they retire from writing about journalism, there is no way to be certain that the writers are following the game at the level that led to their being deemed worthy of a vote.

 

I don't know how many writers make their votes public. I know I'm always willing to do so.

 

As far as the lifetime thing goes, I believe if you've been in the BBWAA for 10 years and retire or leave the business, you have a chance to pay a membership fee for a lifetime BBWAA card. No, there is no way to be certain these lifetime members are following the game, but the fact that they apply for the card suggests they might. But I don't know for sure. And it seems many fans have a problem with the way some "active" members vote.

[Mephistopheles]

most journalists are good at being journalists, not thinking about the game which is why they are bad choices for voters.

 

personally i dont care about the hof, good for the guys that get in.

 

 

but i am waiting for Rickey to be Rickey in a few months.