Steff Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Guys.. have you ever heard of a player being asked to submit an essay type thing when they "might" be considered for the HOF? Kind of like a "why I should be in" thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Guys.. have you ever heard of a player being asked to submit an essay type thing when they "might" be considered for the HOF? Kind of like a "why I should be in" thing? Never heard of that. Maybe after the HOF committee has not voted them in and the players committee is considering them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sox1422 Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 I heard Ron Santo is about to lose an arm too from writing this essay so many times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted May 13, 2003 Author Share Posted May 13, 2003 Never heard of that. Maybe after the HOF committee has not voted them in and the players committee is considering them. Well.. this player has not yet even been on the ballot (and likely wont for several more years) and he received a request for a "letter". They asked him to comment on his accomplishments, contribution to the game, personal baseball related accomplishments, etc, etc.. I just thought it was odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 I heard Ron Santo is about to lose an arm too from writing this essay so many times. Ouch!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Well.. this player has not yet even been on the ballot (and likely wont for several more years) and he received a request for a "letter". They asked him to comment on his accomplishments, contribution to the game, personal baseball related accomplishments, etc, etc.. I just thought it was odd. Seems odd to me as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Well.. this player has not yet even been on the ballot (and likely wont for several more years) and he received a request for a "letter". They asked him to comment on his accomplishments, contribution to the game, personal baseball related accomplishments, etc, etc.. I just thought it was odd. I guess I always pictured the HOF voters being familiar with the cadidates as a prerequiste for being a HOF voter - maybe they have a little packet of info of each player on the ballot for the voters to review and either the HOF is too lazy to do its own reserach (or too cheap) or, in the alternative, maybe they want info from each person who will be on the ballot so they can't be accused of missing anything and thus costing someone some votes, or maybe something else - maybe nothing to do with the HOF voting but for their own archives and collection -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted May 13, 2003 Author Share Posted May 13, 2003 I guess I always pictured the HOF voters being familiar with the cadidates as a prerequiste for being a HOF voter - maybe they have a little packet of info of each player on the ballot for the voters to review and either the HOF is too lazy to do its own reserach (or too cheap) or, in the alternative, maybe they want info from each person who will be on the ballot so they can't be accused of missing anything and thus costing someone some votes, or maybe something else - maybe nothing to do with the HOF voting but for their own archives and collection -- I'm thinking that they want to see what the player has to say about himself. Kind of like a self evaluation? Perhaps "attitude" does have something to do with getting in.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 I'm thinking that they want to see what the player has to say about himself. Kind of like a self evaluation? Perhaps "attitude" does have something to do with getting in.. I would tend to agree with that. They could maybe use some of the quotes about himself in the HOF display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Guys.. have you ever heard of a player being asked to submit an essay type thing when they "might" be considered for the HOF? Kind of like a "why I should be in" thing? While it surprises me to hear that it really shouldn't. I have never understood where the media in general (and definately sports writers) have this ego trip about being so important. Just vote with what you believe to be the best interest of the baseball HOF in mind. Why make a guy squirm by writing an essay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Well.. this player has not yet even been on the ballot (and likely wont for several more years) and he received a request for a "letter". They asked him to comment on his accomplishments, contribution to the game, personal baseball related accomplishments, etc, etc.. I just thought it was odd. Had to be Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Had to be Frank. I would bet it was Harold, just a guess though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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