tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084101267740946056.post7067663989873294799..comments2024-02-17T10:42:34.169-06:00Comments on Waiting 'til Next Year...: HOF Binder: Page 15P-town Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437348006643978055noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084101267740946056.post-90963987780016650872019-04-25T11:01:17.663-05:002019-04-25T11:01:17.663-05:00Brian is right. Those Vet Committee inductees are ...Brian is right. Those Vet Committee inductees are often just guys who had buddies pleading their case. Boudreau and Beckley are legit. Hafey, Hooper, and Haines get mentioned when 'Least Deserving Member' discussions pop up. People were griping about Harold Baines getting in. He, in my opinion anyway, is far more deserving than most of those guys. Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084101267740946056.post-51518204699048885862019-04-25T01:17:37.217-05:002019-04-25T01:17:37.217-05:00Only Boudreau and Beckley are surefire HOFers out ...Only Boudreau and Beckley are surefire HOFers out of this group for me -- though Beckley's card gives me the creeps! I barely know anything about guys like Haines and Bancroft despite their Cooperstown status. Also, Brian's right: a lot of the subpar HOFers who got in during this era were (probably not by coincidence) teammates of many of the guys who were on the Veterans' Committee at the time.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508921644099472101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084101267740946056.post-26973691336746565802019-04-25T00:19:23.535-05:002019-04-25T00:19:23.535-05:00I had never seen that Boudreau card before, so I d...I had never seen that Boudreau card before, so I did some digging on COMC and discovered that SI Then & Now set is gorgeous. Some of the photography in that set is gorgeous.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084101267740946056.post-70671095904900204242019-04-24T18:17:53.649-05:002019-04-24T18:17:53.649-05:00I was familiar with everyone except for Jake Beckl...I was familiar with everyone except for Jake Beckley, definitely not the most flattering card by the way, now I've got to go look and see if he has anything else out there...Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084101267740946056.post-7716337688424570582019-04-24T18:02:41.975-05:002019-04-24T18:02:41.975-05:00You'll probably notice a few N.Y. Giants and B...You'll probably notice a few N.Y. Giants and Baltimore Orioles from the early 1900s in the Hall that seem out of place. If you see which guys were elected by the BBWAA and which were Veteran's committee selections, there will be a pattern!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03580716283983922689noreply@blogger.com