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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1619683" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>You’re kind of missing the forest from all the trees on my argument. I’m just using bWAR as an all-encompassing aggregate number. Use whatever counting stat you’d like. </p><p></p><p>The point is that Sosa was an elite player for only about a decade. The guys that get voted into the Hall are elite for longer than that as was the case with Walker, Jeter, and Chipper Jones. </p><p></p><p>Whether it’s the right or wrong way to evaluate a player is beside the point. It’s how the writers vote. </p><p></p><p>The Veterans committee is a lot more accepting of guys with briefer peaks. Ted Lyons who got in in the last class via the veteran vote is a case in point there. If Sosa eventually gets into the Hall, it’s the Veterans committee that will put him there. That’s how Santo eventually got in and he had a similar relatively brief peak.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1619683, member: 26283"] You’re kind of missing the forest from all the trees on my argument. I’m just using bWAR as an all-encompassing aggregate number. Use whatever counting stat you’d like. The point is that Sosa was an elite player for only about a decade. The guys that get voted into the Hall are elite for longer than that as was the case with Walker, Jeter, and Chipper Jones. Whether it’s the right or wrong way to evaluate a player is beside the point. It’s how the writers vote. The Veterans committee is a lot more accepting of guys with briefer peaks. Ted Lyons who got in in the last class via the veteran vote is a case in point there. If Sosa eventually gets into the Hall, it’s the Veterans committee that will put him there. That’s how Santo eventually got in and he had a similar relatively brief peak. [/QUOTE]
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