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And I mean that in the colloquial insulting sense and the literal dictionary sense. If you want to hold back the steroid guys (Clemens, Bonds, Palmeiro, Sosa, McGwire, A-Rod when he gets there etc)...I will disagree with you on some, but I can live with making a statement.
BUT...
They're not just holding back steroid guys. They're holding back any type of player that isn't "their kind of player"
Raines is a SLAM friggin DUNK hall of famer. It's not even KINDA close. Why he's not in? Because some idiotic baseball writers still think the only good kind of player is a slugger or ace starter. You don't get in if you got a lot of your value from defense, walks and steals.
Edgar whiffs on the HOF and will probably never get in...why? Because he DH'ed and some people take their personal dislike of the DH as gospel and use it to ignore even the greatest of accomplishments.
Biggio isn't in. Why? See Raines.
Baseball writers shouldn't be deciding the hall of fame. They are not qualified to do so...they are all too close to the situation to be objective...every last one of them. The hall should be decided by the fans who care enough to cast a ballot just as the AS teams are.