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Originally posted by OldGiants
Somebody has to be there, and he's it.
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I'll grant you that I have no firsthand recollections of Santo. Just stats and the record, and the firsthand accounts of others. They're sufficient for me, and, I believe that you'll see that the weight of years of hearing about Santo's worthiness will tip him into the Hall this year.
As for Pinson, he, to me, epitomizes exactly that "good enough not to get in" contingent.
I will say that I'm reconsidering my stance on Torre. But also that I think you can see the pro-OBP/no-OBP split on the board forming right here in this thread.
As for none of them getting in, well, obviously the Veterans Committee was formed to get in players who weren't good enough to get in the first time. So what you're really in favor of is shutting down the Veterans Committee altogether. Which throughout history has been an idea with a lot of merit, but I think there's good that yet can be done by it.