Every year, the writer’s ballot for the Hall of Fame gets a ton of attention, and deservedly so. New players who have retired fairly recently and are fresh in our mind are added to the ballot and some even become Hall of Famers. The old veteran’s committee, now called the Eras Committee, gets less attention, but former Cardinals great Ted Simmons is on the ballot, and he is deserving.
The Eras Committee, formerly Veteran’s, gets less attention because they are generally dealing with players who are a bit older and somewhat out of mind. They also tend to get less attention because they stopped electing players like a decade ago.