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TeenWeek
what's a status? 		posted on 08-06-2001 @ 1:20 PM      
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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- The once-dead Hall of Fame candidacies of Dwight Evans, Bobby Grich and Ted Simmons were brought back to life Monday.

And people like Hank Aaron, Wille Mays and Sandy Koufax or no longer just Hall of Famers. They’re Hall of Fame voters.

Those were among the stunning, sweeping changes instituted Monday by the Hall of Fame’s board of directors at their annual meeting.

In the future, the old Veterans Committee will be replaced by a committee including all living members of the Hall of Fame, all living sportswriters who are in the Hall via the Spink Award and all living broadcasters who are in via the Ford Frick Award.

Another major change will restore the Hall eligibility of all players who played 10 years in the big leagues, except for players such as Pete Rose who are on the “ineligible” list, will be considered by the new Veterans Committee under a new screening system.

So players such as Evans, Grich, Simmons, Larry Bowa, Jeff Reardon and Al Oliver -- who dropped off the baseball writers’ ballot after failing to receive 5 percent of the vote -- can now be considered by the new committee.

darthziggy
Isles fan for life		posted on 08-06-2001 @ 1:33 PM      
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quote:
In the future, the old Veterans Committee will be replaced by a committee including all living members of the Hall of Fame

this one seems strange to me. what are all those dead guys gonna say when they find out their vote no longer counts for shit?


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Cluster F
posted on 08-06-2001 @ 2:39 PM      
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quote:
Those were among the stunning, sweeping changes instituted Monday by the Hall of Fame’s board of directors at their annual meeting.


Stunning?? As in stunning that MLB is doing something that actually makes sense!!?? What a bunch of assholes.

"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out, in a good cause, and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious." -Vince Lombardi

"90% of baseball is mental, the other half is physical." - Yogi Berra

"There aint no odds against beating yourself no matter what the percentages are." - Rube Baker in Major League 2
DiamondDust
posted on 08-06-2001 @ 8:37 PM      
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Registered: Oct. 00
Maybe Gil Hodges will get his day finally.

Mazeroski???? please



Just another observation of insanity.



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