The baseball hall for fame, while parochial, is generally considered the most storied half of fame in sports for reasons of history, quality of debate, selectivity (1.5% of , etc. it’s admission process is quite unique.
- vote taken by all accredited writers on baseball with 75% needed for admission
- people are on the ballot for 10 years allowing for a long debate. It’s not uncommon for people to start
- they fall off if they get less than 5%
Because of the occasional frustrations with the mainstream voters, one of the more intelligent baseball websites has a parallel HOF.
Any interest in doing the same of CW? Some ideas that can be iterated on.
For players that have already, start ballots by each era (let’s say pre 1920 retirement date, 1920-1939, 1940-1960, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s
players get at least 5 votes to be nominated
for the nominated players, 75% votes to get in
once you go through the eras, anyone with over 33% stays on the ballot
run votes every 6 months for returning players and new retirees
any thoughts?
- vote taken by all accredited writers on baseball with 75% needed for admission
- people are on the ballot for 10 years allowing for a long debate. It’s not uncommon for people to start
- they fall off if they get less than 5%
Because of the occasional frustrations with the mainstream voters, one of the more intelligent baseball websites has a parallel HOF.
Any interest in doing the same of CW? Some ideas that can be iterated on.
For players that have already, start ballots by each era (let’s say pre 1920 retirement date, 1920-1939, 1940-1960, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s
players get at least 5 votes to be nominated
for the nominated players, 75% votes to get in
once you go through the eras, anyone with over 33% stays on the ballot
run votes every 6 months for returning players and new retirees
any thoughts?
