Why does the media get to do the voting? Why not the players? Correct me if I’m wrong, but the players only get to vote on se;ections for the Veteran’s Committee, ie; players who have been eligible for 20+ years but who have never gotten enough votes.
It just seems to be a really unfair system in terms of bias.
By this I mean that there are a number of baseball writers. who also vote for the Hall of Fame who have said that they would never vote to induct a certain player because the player never gave them an interview or answered their questions and was “rude” to the reporters.
The player in question has over 500 homers & is a definite HOF
What the fuck is wrong with these reporters. I thought the players were supposed to be judged/voted on by what they accomplished on the playing field, not whether or not they were nice to a reporter.
plus, who the fuck are reporters to judge whether a player is worthy or not? If anyone should be a judge of that I would think that it would be the actual players. But then that gets into a question of which players get to vote etc.
But why do reporters have the final say in who does and doesn’t get in?
I just think it’s ludicrous.