XM MLB Chat: Marvin Miller on XM re opting out of "Banana Republic" Hall of Fame voting system

The previous 80-member Veterans Committee wasn't anxious to open Hall of Fame doors to newcomers but gave Marvin Miller a 63% approval on its most recent vote prior to 2007. Miller said to his knowledge, no one has ever gotten to this amount and not received at least 75% on his next vote (guaranteeing entrance to the Hall). Miller had long ago been told by an MLB big wig he'd see to it he'd never get in the Hall. That was accomplished by:

Reducing the number of voters from 80 to 12, and

Selecting the correct voters for a desired result.

Miller said, which should be obvious, the panel of electors was rigged to achieve a certain result (not saying it specifically involved him, but perhaps to insure someone else would gain entrance).

That the 80 member Veterans Committee was simply abolished and stacked with only 12 voters, most guaranteed to vote a certain way, Miller comments:

You wouldn't even expect to see this kind of thing from a 2-bit dictator in a Banana Republic.

3 selected to judge Miller were collusionists who had been found guilty.

Dibs and Kevin ask Mr. Miller what he thought of the "Mitchell Report:"

The way the media has treated steroids and HGH, I don't believe a pill can make a super athlete. None of these people writing about it including the New York Times or George Mitchell has any experience or scientific knowledge to deal with this.

Miller questions some ways the NY Times has written about the story. He says, they'll write, "the Senator said," which is wrong, he's not a senator. More importantly, he's not a scientist. We're dealing with a scientific question here. A former prosecutor or senator, or me (Mr. Miller speaking of himself) or just anyone should not be listened to in this area.

The idea is nonsense, close to scandalous. Mitchell was wrong to take statements (and make them public in the manner he did) about those who've not had a chance to respond to their accuser, to damage the people involved. He should know this. (4:50 PM, interview ends, Dibs and Kevin thank him). *****************

The 12 voters on the 2007 Hall of Fame Veterans/Pioneers panel, 3 of whom--which 3 is not known-- voted for Marvin Miller:

Monte Irvin, Harmon Killebrew, Bobby Brown, John Harrington, Jerry Bell, Bill DeWitt, Bill Giles, David Glass, Andy MacPhail, Paul Hagen, Rick Hummel, and Hal McCoy.

Allan H. "Bud" Selig has been on the Hall of Fame's Board of Directors for 32 years, having been elected in 1976....