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Baseball HOF: Drilling down on the always subjective balloting

We start with this caveat: Voting for membership in the Baseball Hall of Fame (HOF) is subjective and, therefore, subject to debate. Among baseball fans of all ages, arguments will prevail, for instance, about a player like Bill Mazeroski, who is recalled on the baseball HOF website as follows:

‘Although Mazeroski was never tremendous with the bat, he did enough, and his spectacular defense led him to eight Gold Glove Awards and 10 All-Star Game appearances in seven years. Teammate Bob Friend recalled, “He was one of a kind out there. Maz did so many things that never showed up in a box score.