With the results of the 2022 National Baseball Hall of Fame voting still top of mind and Major League Baseball still in the midst of a labor dispute, we find ourselves lost in the box scores and “what ifs” of yesteryear. Most players on this year’s ballot were purged from future writers’ consideration, either because they exhausted their 10 years of eligibility or received insufficient support. The fall-off of Tim Hudson in particular—who received a mere 3-percent of the vote—rekindled my awareness of the many names whose Cooperstown cases did not receive the extended look that they deserved.
Kevin Brown: Shortchanged by the Hall of Fame?
