Why the HOF vote will never change--BS in the NY Times

'Suspicious' quotes from NY Times article about latest HOF bust (amidst the flowers): "The committee was revamped in 2001 after suspicions of cronyism."

• NOTICE THE PASSIVE WORDING, "WAS REVAMPED," DELIBERATELY CHOSEN TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION FROM YOU, THE INFERIOR, DROOLING READER. YOU AREN'T TOLD THE FASCINATING DETAILS OF WHO REVAMPED THE COMMITTEE, WHO STARTED THE SUSPICIONS, WHAT WERE THE SUSPICIONS, HOW LONG THEY'D BEEN GOING ON, ETC.

Next, Kepner, the article's author, gives you the drooler another ridiculous statement that's apparently supposed to flesh out his discussion of the voting. But he says the voter "believed" he voted for such and such. "Believed?" The guy just recently posted his ballot. If he doesn't want to tell you whom he voted for that's one thing. But to give us this quote with the source OBVIOUSLY saying he won't go on the record with his ballot--please.

"“A lot of guys think that if you don’t get in in 15 years, why should you?” the Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson said at Legends Field on Tuesday.

Jackson said he believed he had voted for..." (gives the list which is a waste of time because he's telling you he's not sure).

• Then, Kepner gives us the truly cruel porridge of Joe Morgan, who like many others delights in being able to do and say whatever he wants. The biggest laugh from Joe is his emphasis on how "difficult" their job is. I'M SO SORRY FOR YOU, JOE, I REALLY AM.

"Morgan praised the Hall of Fame for providing ample information on the candidacies of each person on the ballot. But voting on the composite ballot can be challenging.

“It is a little more difficult for me to look at an executive and know how much he contributed to the game,” Morgan said. “It is difficult for some players to evaluate that performance on a Hall of Fame level. It’s much easier for me to evaluate the players.”

Still, Morgan said the veterans committee did not deserve criticism.

“The writers voted on these players for 15 years and they weren’t elected,” Morgan said. “Why are we being criticized because we haven’t elected someone in the last six years? I think it’s unfair.”"

• THE CONFERENCE CALLS, INTERVIEWS, ENORMOUS PUBLICITY THAT ACCRUES TO THESE VOTERS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THEIR LIVES. AN ARTICLE LIKE KEPNER'S DOES NOTHING BUT MAKE MATTERS WORSE.

"Veterans Hall of Fame Vote May be Subject to Change," 2/27/07, NY Times, Tyler Kepner.

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