A lot of you don’t know this yet, but Hall of Fame season is one of my favorite times of year to write about, as the Hall is one of my favorite topics. Few things in the game do as good of a job of highlighting both the game’s long history and the wealth of statistics so well, or provide as fun a topic of debate. And, with the release of this year’s Veterans Committee ballot, Hall Discussion Season has officially begun.
Technically, it’s not called the Veterans Committee anymore, which I stick with mostly because that’s what it’s been called for the longest period of time and how most people recognize the smaller group and process for inducting players who have aged off of the initial Cooperstown ballot.