The Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the results of the Baseball Writers Association of America voting Tuesday, and it's a winter tradition that has become as much fun as shoveling wet, heavy snow that sits atop a layer of super-slick ice. Hall of Fame debates are no longer just about who was a better baseball player, but weighing whose transgressions voters are willing to look past and whose they won't.
Last year, 401 members of the BBWAA participated in the voting, meaning players needed 301 votes (75%) to get elected. Despite a ballot that featured 10 players with at least 60 career WAR -- a total that roughly makes a player a viable Hall of Fame candidate -- the writers didn't elect anybody, with Curt Schilling coming closest at 71.