WITH NO INDUCTEES VIA VET COMMITTEE FOR 3 STRAIGHT TIMES-6 YEARS--A
NEW PROCEDURE WAS PASSED AND ANNOUNCED BY TOP COOPERSTOWN PERSON-JANE
FORBES CLARK.
63 LIVING HALL MEMBERS NOT 80 WILL VOTE-AS WRITERS/BROADCASTERS LIKE
VIN SCULLY WERE DROPPED. MANAGERS & UMPIRES WILL BE ELECTED BY GROUP
OF 16 COMPOSED OF FAMERS-HISTORIANS-WRITERS-EXECUTIVES.

ELIGIBLE PLAYERS ONCE 200 WILL BE DROPPED TO 20 SELECTED BY BASEBALL
WRITERS' ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. ANOTHER 5 WILL COME FROM A 6 FAMERS
SCREENING COMMITTEE. THEN, THIS 20-25 WILL BE REDUCED TO A BALLOT OF 10
BY THE VETERANS COMMITTEE--ELECTEES STILL NEED 75% OF 63.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS SOME PRE-1943 PLAYER RULE & THEY ARE ONLY
CONSIDERED EVERY 5 YEARS AS PART I THINK OF THE 20-25.
SOUNDS CONFUSING--YOU BET--AND THIS IS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET ANYONE
IN PREVIOUSLY--I AM SURE JOE MORGAN THE VP AT HALL HAS AN OPINION ON
THIS.
JANE FORBES CLARK STATED THE BAR HAS NOT DROPPED---MAYBE IT JUST
BECAME EVEN MORE EVASIVE FOR OUR GIL OR FOR THAT MATTER ANY OTHER
PLAYER--BUCK O'NEIL AND GIL ARE PROBABLY HAVING QUITE A CHUCKLE OVER
THIS IN BASEBALL HEAVEN--AT LEAST THE MARINES GOT IT RIGHT FOR
GIL--8/17/2007
BE WELL & MAY GOD BLESS