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The Polack MSgt

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3. If the HOF is to have any meaning
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 04:20 PM
Dec 2017

Then the best players from every era must be there.

None of the players enshrined from any time are clean and free of sin.

The old timers played in a deliberately weakened league. For 50 years there were rules keeping out exceptional black, native and Hispanic players. All the pitchers' and hitters' stats were inflated by a big contingent of weak players to beat up on.

From the 1940s until 2010s long road trips and back to back day-night games didn't sting as hard because amphetamines were commonly available and widely used.

But even aside from all that and the hypocrisy involved with not acknowledging it - Why have a HOF if the all time Cy Young award winning pitcher the all time home run hitter and the all time hit leader are all barred from inclusion.

That's not a HOF that's a selective propaganda generator pushing a false narrative

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I'm okay with it True Dough Dec 2017 #1
I have wrestled with this one over the years rurallib Dec 2017 #2
If the HOF is to have any meaning The Polack MSgt Dec 2017 #3
On this point.... CanSocDem Dec 2017 #4
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