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Re: John Fay Abstains from HOF Voting to Avoid Casting Votes for Bonds and Clemens
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Originally Posted by mth123
Not really fair to a guy like Dale Murphy who is on the ballot for the last time.
I will say that abstaining is better than turning in a blank ballot.
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Fair point...but then again, if it takes someone a dozen times in order to get in...are they REALLY Hall of Fame material? If he wasn't the first 10 times he was on the ballot...what makes him have the "right stuff" his final time? I'm not saying he's not worthy, my comment isn't about Dale in particular. Just a general comment about putting guys in at the last possible moment. I get it that not everybody is a first ballot nominee. Some guys will get bumped a year or two because some slam-dunk guy shows up on the ballot for the first time. But after 8 or 10 tries, if you're not in yet...you probably SHOULDN'T be in.
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