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Originally Posted by Zen653
Gary Carter was enshrined as an Expo.
Unless Tim Raines eventually makes it in, or unless Vladimir Guerrero makes it in some day, I think Carter may end up as the lone Expo in Cooperstown.
In other HOF voting news, Jim Rice fell short by 16 votes. I think he'll eventually get into Cooperstown via the Veteran's Committee.
Why is it that players don't receive the same support from one year of eligibility to the next? How does someone go from being a non-HOFer one year to a HOFer ten years later? It's not as though the player's numbers suddenly changed.
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I agree. Even though it seems a little harsh for me to say, I don't get why players get so many chances to get in. I could understand in football's case, where only a certain amount of players can be inducted each year. However in baseball, the voters can vote for like 15 guys. And this is after waiting six years after a player's career has ended to consider their numbers/impact and such. I don't understand what the point of giving somebody 15 chances to get in... so guys have 14 years to lobby for your support? Either you're in or you're out.
And by the way, I think it's rediculous that voters try to send a "message" by putting certain guys in on their first ballot and others have to wait multiple years just because they weren't on the same level of HallofFame-ness. It sets a stupid precedent that ends up killing the support for a certain player.