Congrats to Phil Niekro for finally making the cut. It's too bad that he 
couldn't have made it last year....
Well, as usual, I'm going to throw some fuel to the fire. What idiots found 
Phil deserving but removed several others from future consideration by not 
including them in more than 5% of the ballots. Good grief, there's some guys 
that really deserve some future consideration that will NEVER get a chance, 
even from the Veterans Committee, to come close enough. One that was 
particularly galling is Nettles (I'm not saying that they all deserved a 
chance but geez, Nettles?).
I thought that he'd have to hang on and fight like Santo but now, he won't 
even have that chance. I'm not even a Yankees fan and I can see the injustice 
done in this case. I've been particularly p.o.'d at the writers for many 
injustices but this one is the last straw. I'm so tired of the writers, whose 
only qualification for the job is being a member of the BBWA for 10 years, 
screwing men out of their well deserved place in history. These are the same 
people that want to screw guys out of awards because they won't grant them 
interviews and then they stand there with their holy-than-thou looks, 
expecting us to believe that Phil Niekro wasn't deserving last year but he is 
this year and Nettles isn't worthy of future consideration. The HOF is a joke 
-- no, it's a travesty. It's OUR HOF and we deserve the right to honor OUR 
legends. NOW, more than ever, it's time that the HOF takes away their voting 
rights and give it to the people who really care about the game and not the 
politics of it -- the fans. We deserve a HOF that is populated by the people 
that deserve it and not the ones that the writers think are worthy. DAMN THEM 
and all of their kind.
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