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Paul Zeise: Snobby baseball writers need Hall of Fame voting help

Jose Canseco is obviously a bit nutty these days, but he is exactly right in his assessment of the hypocrisy of baseball Hall of Fame voters and how broke that system is.

Make no mistake, the system is broken beyond repair and many voters should have had their votes yanked away from them over the years because they clearly don’t quite understand what it is they are being asked to do.

We don’t need them to be our moral compass, and we don’t need them to act as if they are the last guardians of righteousness.

What we need them to do is vote for the players who were among the best of all time based on what they did on the field.