Dear Favorite Veteran's Committee Hall Of Fame Voter, What? Did Jim Rice, like, punch your kid - then proceed to punch all your buddies' kids? What's the freaking deal, yo? Also - Please help settle a bet between a friend and I. How many blow jobs did Bruce Sutter have to perform to get in? I say 30. My friend says he's still blowin' today. Sincerely, Local Baseball Fan #4,387
Dear Favorite Veteran's Committee Hall Of Fame Voter, What? Did Jim Rice, like, punch your kid - then proceed to punch all your buddies' kids? What's the freaking deal, yo? Also - Please help settle a bet between a friend and I. How many blow jobs did Bruce Sutter have to perform to get in? I say 30. My friend says he's still blowin' today. These complaints should be directed to the BBWAA, not the Veterans Committee. I (surprise, surprise) like these suggestions from Joe Sheehan (free content, I think) at (the dread) Baseball Prospectus. (Summary -- ditch the Veterans Committee, close the Hall to former players not on the BBWAA ballot (sorry Ron Santo, Dick Allen, Sweet Lou Whitaker, etc.), and create a separate committee of executives and baseball historians to elect one non-player per year or every other year.) Good historical perspective on the role of the Veterans Committee in that article as well.
These complaints should be directed to the BBWAA, not the Veterans Committee. Well then, that should have been the title of this FPP. I'll not have my fun ruined by such trivialities. This is art - not science, m'boy.
Pete Rose probably bet this kind of thing would happen.
