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Crapshoot · 06-18-2005, 05:00 AM

One of the problem is that continued voter stupidity is reinforced- see Puckett, Kirby or Dawson Andre - you talk them up enough in their career, give them awards they don't deserve, and then use that as the baseball to argue- " look, he won the MVP" ! This is almost as idiotic as the veteran's comittee electing a bunch of old schlubs, but i digress. Mussina got screwed on the Cy Young in 2001, when he was significantly better than Clemens, but some idiot saw a 20-3 record- and voila, it was over. We'll see this flaw in 10 years when Bobby Abreau, one of the 10 best players in baseball the last 4 years, gets screwed over because he didnt make all-star teams or because he never won an MVP- while someone like The notion of letting these imbecils reinforce their own stupidty is one of the many flaws with the HOF procedure.

06-18-2005, 05:00 AM	#121 (permalink)
Crapshoot Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: watching: DArwin's missing link in action Posts: 3,113	One of the problem is that continued voter stupidity is reinforced- see Puckett, Kirby or Dawson Andre - you talk them up enough in their career, give them awards they don't deserve, and then use that as the baseball to argue- " look, he won the MVP" ! This is almost as idiotic as the veteran's comittee electing a bunch of old schlubs, but i digress. Mussina got screwed on the Cy Young in 2001, when he was significantly better than Clemens, but some idiot saw a 20-3 record- and voila, it was over. We'll see this flaw in 10 years when Bobby Abreau, one of the 10 best players in baseball the last 4 years, gets screwed over because he didnt make all-star teams or because he never won an MVP- while someone like The notion of letting these imbecils reinforce their own stupidty is one of the many flaws with the HOF procedure. __________________ Senior Senor Member of the OOTP Boards Pittsburgh Playmates- OTBL Last edited by Crapshoot; 06-18-2005 at 05:04 AM.