Someone posted this URL on SABR-L: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/08/opinion/08vincent.html? _r=1&oref=slogin It's an opinion piece by Fay Vincent on the Hall...
Wow, Vincent's article is quite an indictment of the Committee and of Kuhn himself. I agree that it's a bit bizarre to have Kuhn in and Miller out, since...
Not to be a sourpuss, but I would point out that even if we ignore the double standard with other sports -- like steroid-filled gangsters in the NFL and on-ice...
Kudos to Vincent. The VC vote was a disgrace. And it was a disgrace for more than the Miller snub. (Or the appalling election of Kuhn, which was at least as...
*And as for the supposed chance the players had with the writers, why do the writers have the only say on the HOF? This is an institution -- that used to be...
No to make him a sympathetic character, but as a reminder of the steroid era, he may be the messenger who everyone is prepared to shoot. ... From: Alan R....
Maybe the Hall of Fame concept was better off in its nebulous pre-Cooperstown days, when newspapers would proclaim that so-and-so's terrific feat put him...
... of Kuhn himself. I agree that it's a bit bizarre to have Kuhn in and Miller out, since Miller's impact on the game was so much greater. I was aware that...
... allow sixteen internet writers into their ranks, but rejected two - Rob Neyer and Keith Law, the two most statistically-oriented writers of the group. And...
So Clemens was named almost as much as Bonds in the Mitchell report. Like Claude Rains in "Casblanca", I'm shocked, SHOCKED. Gee, I've only been asking FOR...
Wednesday and Thursday are my days off so as usual my 3pm is sitting at home knowing why I am not a contestant. Well today one of the challengers was none...
... report. Like Claude Rains in "Casblanca", I'm shocked, SHOCKED. Gee, I've only been asking FOR YEARS why everbody was so fixated on Bonds' altered...
Dear Baseball Experts, What to do about the Mitchell Report? With all the media attention, and the listing of 80+ players including some stars, there hasn't ...
I would agree, if the baseball world had ever exercised similar prudence with Barry Bonds. Compare the bodies of young Clemens to old Clemens and the...
... prudence with Barry Bonds. Compare the bodies of young Clemens to old Clemens and the performance of old Clemens to reasonable expectations of what could...
On our old e-list the question of why players (Bonds, specifically, I think) don't sue for libel if claims about them are untrue. This was an interesting...
Just to avoid any misunderstanding, my mentioning of Clemens & McGwire as people against whom the evidence is similar to that against Cobb, Frisch, et al was...
has anybody seen this column? http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-rutten15dec15,1,6019267.column?coll=la-news-columns ... From: "ROBERT THOLKES"...
... http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et- rutten15dec15,1,6019267.column?coll=la-news-columns Yeah, great column. When it's the modern players, it...
Really? So Clemens having the best year of his career, in terms of both real ERA and park-and-league adjusted ERA, at the age of 43 doesn't count? I guess...
Thank you, Alden. You are correct, I am not justifying bad behavior toward Clemens because of bad behavior toward Bonds. I am not even trying to characterize...
... http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/18/tuesday/<http://www. salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/18/tuesday/> Is this supposed to be the stuff...
Right, Alan, or something. The point of the column was that Clemens wasn't setting/threatening all-time records like Bonds.The column is actually a blog, Joe...
Nope, not connected to my description of Bond's results (not Clemens') as "outlandish". The Salon article accuses the Mitchell Report of bias in deciding what...
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