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A modest proposal to fix Hall of Fame voting

One thing I think almost all baseball fans can agree on is that Hall of Fame voting is broken.

People say they no longer care about the Hall of Fame, but I believe that’s because the voting process has, over the years, something that doesn’t reflect the reality of baseball in the 21st Century.

Before I get to my modest proposal, a bit of history.

The reason the Baseball Writers Association of America was chosen as the voting body for the Hall of Fame when it was created in the 1930s is that back then, baseball writers saw more games than anyone else.