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Why weren't Ricky Henderson, Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron unanimous? What POSSIBLE argument could you structure against any of those players? Up coming, there should be no questions on Greg Maddux, Albert Pujols, Ichiro, Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman, Alex Rodriguez or Chipper Jones.
Right.  Aaron wasn't unanimous because writers make it personal.  As James put it, the HOF has so many credibility issues that "It no longer can honor a player like Aaron.  It can only insult him."
It would never happen, but I would love to see an HOF Monitor trigger at, say, 200 points.  You lap the field, we put gold piping on your uniform and the fans get to enjoy watching an inducted HOF'er play baseball.