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Jay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat - 1/27/23
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3:38
By a twist of fate, you suddenly inherit ownership of the HOF.  How do you change the selection process?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:41
I'd probably go to a binary ballot system. Yes/No on all candidates, without limits, but maybe just a 5-year window.

After that, reorganize the era committees such that one contains experts on Negro Leagues and pre-Negro Leagues Black baseball. Double the committee sizes and make anybody with a first-degree connection to a candidate as a teammate, manager or executive recuse himself from that particular vote (those people can certainly give their input along with all other committee members).
Marshall
3:41
Obviously the way we evaluate players has changed a ton in the last 20+ years. But are you surprised by how much the sentiment towards Rolen changed in such a short period of time? He seems like an obvious choice now, but didn't seem that way even 5 years ago. Which players' candidacy do you think will be viewed so differently five years from now?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:42
Rolen's debut with 10.2% didn't happen in a vacuum; it was the result of the logjam and the Rule of 10. He benefited from electoral turnover towards a voting body more comfortable with advanced stats, but also the clearing of several candidates from the ballot either by election or attrition.
Rhymes With Taffy
3:44
I have heard people talk about the "Hall of Very Good", but I don't know where that is located.  Do you?  Is it in Dubuque?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:44
Utica
3:45
OK folks, I have so many good questions in the queue but I just can't get to them all (might do a "virtual mailbag" sometime soon), and I have other engagements this afternoon. Thanks so much for stopping by, and for supporting my work during Hall season. We'll do this again soon!
Alan
3:46
A writer I respect tweeted this week that Buddy Bell should be in the HOF. Apologies if you've covered this before, but is that something you can support?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:46
he's in the book, he'll be in the Bando article
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