There are any number of ways I could have attacked this. My first instinct was to use snark. I suppose that would be the easiest way to go about it. However, the Hall of Fame deserves more than that and the Veterans Committee voters (as misguided as they may be) deserve more than that. Plus, there is a certain eloquence that gets lost when we devolve into snark.
Michael Lewis wrote “Moneyball” and achieved a level of eloquence that few of us can expect to achieve in our lifetime. Most importantly, he found a way to explain something that is very complex into something entertaining and digestible.