I was following baseball from about 1970 and they all seemed slam dunks during that decade. BUT they had issues(a jerk,a druggie,a phony----forgive the way I note it but that's what the voters thought) and had a hard time getting over the hump.Respected writers/voters voted with their hearts then(Dick Young hated Tom Seaver)..All of these gents falling off a cliff obviously didn't help when they hit the ballot.
I was following baseball from about 1970 and they all seemed slam dunks during that decade. BUT they had issues(a jerk,a druggie,a phony----forgive the way I note it but that's what the voters thought) and had a hard time getting over the hump.Respected writers/voters voted with their hearts then(Dick Young hated Tom Seaver)..All of these gents falling off a cliff obviously didn't help when they hit the ballot.