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Originally Posted by Johnny Slick
I'll repeat a statement I began to make with another player you mentioned: if the best you can come up with are two examples of deserving players who got in their 3rd year instead of their first, then you really are showing that the exceptions prove the rule.
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I'll repeat an earlier point. If fame is the key to election then DiMaggio, who was far more famous than any of the people who finished ahead of him in previous ballots, would have been a landslide first year selection. Only time and boredom would prevent further examples.