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what exactly does it accomplish again...?
Quote from: STAMP on January 29, 2010, 03:50:05 PMContributor: Rob's wife"Behind every good man is a good woman", and I think she'd be a great person to nominate as a candidate after the voting is over. However, she isn't one of the candidates for this round. Feel free to add one more contributor to your vote.
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Quote from: Master KChief on January 30, 2010, 10:37:50 AMwhat exactly does it accomplish again...?What a Hall of Fame is supposed to accomplish is to remember those who might otherwise be forgotten. We remember past accomplishments, since those who were the "greats" of their era should be remembered.When baseball HoF voting comes up, inevitably there are young people who do not recognize the names of the nominees. My son had no idea who Tony Gwynn was! Believe it or not, there are young baseball fans who have never even heard of Nolan Ryan! We don't vote on active players because those names we already recognize, and will continue to recognize as they continue to accomplish great things (i.e. Brett Favre). There is no danger of them being forgotten.People on these boards know who Justin and Gabe are, and recognize their prowess. Most people (me included) have never heard of Ron Sias. However, Ron is clearly someone who should be remembered. Justin and Gabe will continue to win and dominate. Their time for being remembered will come later.Younger players will more likely vote for the names they recognize. This skews the voting process. The process is already undermined by the fact that proximity voting is logical. To people on the West Coast, Bany and Bryon have been the biggest contributors to their game, while Roy and John M. have been the biggest contributors to Northeasterners. This type of voting will not result in a universal acceptance of who should be voted in.Besides, how exactly does Gabe vote? He clearly cannot vote for himself. What if he votes for Justin? Wouldn't Justin feel somewhat compelled to reciprocate?If we are going to have a Hall of Fame, then we need to do it right: secret ballot for inactive nominees that we want to be remembered and not forgotten.
We would much rather revel in our own self-glory and vote along our state/region lines, just like Nationals voting.
Besides, how exactly does Gabe vote? He clearly cannot vote for himself.
If we are going to have a Hall of Fame, then we need to do it right: secret ballot for inactive nominees that we want to be remembered and not forgotten.
We would much rather revel in our own self-glory and vote along our state/region lines...I choose not to vote.
Of the votes so far ... only 2 of 13 were for two players from the region that the voter is from.
ditto. i think this is pretty pointless and asinine.
If you don't want to vote, that's your prerogative, but the negativity isn't needed in this thread.
At least you finally acknowledged that I exist.
Quote from: Prof Underwood on January 30, 2010, 11:58:09 PMIf you don't want to vote, that's your prerogative, but the negativity isn't needed in this thread.At least you finally acknowledged that I exist. The fact that every other comment I have made about the validity of a "Hall of Fame" you had previously ignored I find negative, especially since everyone else who had objections you did respond to. Therefore I reserve the right to continue my objections until you properly address them.
Let the VOTING continue!Day 4Please remember to only vote for 2 people from each category. Feel free to check the first post of this thread to get a summary of each of the candidates (and links to further info about some of the lesser known candidates).
Quote from: SirNobody on January 30, 2010, 08:21:09 PMOf the votes so far ... only 2 of 13 were for two players from the region that the voter is from.If you don't want to vote, that's your prerogative, but the negativity isn't needed in this thread.
I wasn't being negative, I was actually arguing in support of the hall of fame as it's being done. I haven't voted yet because I haven't decided who to vote for, not because I have any objections to the way this is being run.
Those who have voted have done so from a variety of motives, but no matter what the motives were, they did according to what was asked of them.
I wasn't being negative
Let the VOTING continue!Day 5Please remember to only vote for 2 people from each category. Feel free to check the first post of this thread to get a summary of each of the candidates (and links to further info about some of the lesser known candidates).
You wanna take Upload?
Obviously no one else thinks that a "Hall of Fame" should be more sacred than this unofficial thread, so I will stop posting.
