The Hall of Fame Ballot, Part I

One candidate making his first appearance is an easy choice for the Hall of Fame, but two others raise some interesting questions.

Many of my baseball writer friends. who I like to flatter myself by thinking of as peers, eschew Hall of Fame debates. I understand the reason for that. After all, a handful of baseball insiders deciding that Harold Baines, Jack Morris or Ted Simmons should be in the Hall of Fame does not mean that they were better or more deserving of that honor than c…