Thursday, January 10, 2013

Sanctimonious Sportswriters

Is there a more self-important and sanctimonious bunch than sportswriters who vote on membership in various Halls of Fame?  In recent weeks the Buster Olneys and Jayson Starks of the world have been pontificating on how that would be casting their Hall of Fame ballots, and I can only imagine the follow-up pieces that will be forthcoming in light of the results of this year's balloting.  No one rides a higher horse than does Peter King when he talks about voting for the Football Hall of Fame.  In his blog this morning, Dejan Kovacevic was in high dudgeon when he stated that sportswriters who cover athletes should not be put in the position of casting votes for MVP, Cy Young, and Hall of Fame membership while at the same time saying he will continue to cast his votes for such awards and will do so when he gets his 10 years in with the BBWA and can then vote on the HOF. Huh, DK?

Members of the College of Cardinals who elect the Pope don't take themselves as seriously as these guys.

The only people who may be even MORE sanctimonious are the current members of the HOF who today are quoted about how glad they are that Bonds, Clemens, McGwire, and their ilk have been turned away in the balloting.  The story I read today quoted Al Kaline, Rich Gossage, and Dennis Eckersley to the effect that "we don't need theses guys in our club."  I wonder if these guys would ever swear that they never, ever took an amphetamine during their playing days?

At least Gaylord Perry had the good taste not to be issuing such a judgement.

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