I don't think it is based on anything evidence based like that, but rather how they think people will bet. I am really not sure how they do it, but the goal is not accuracy, but making money.
I saw the thread title and I thought it was about baseball. I was thinking what are they doing to the game now! I am relieved that it's a football thread.
It is, but so isn't everone else. They have added a few sabers which is good. There are a lot of baseball historians who I think are more qualified than writers who could be voting. The smart writers have gotten a lot better. I think the biggest problem is that they still have a lot of writers voting who haven't covered the game in a long time and don't really care.
It doesn't carry a lot of weight with me, but I know it matters. For example, if Whitaker was more talkative with the media, he would have made more allstar games, received more awards votes, etc.
It's a combination of both. You need to start with their peers, but if there weren't a lot great players at a position at a particular point in time that doesn't mean the best one automstically gets in. Anyway, I think Posey was significantly better than Perez. Molina might have been better too. I think Perez is more like Russell Martin and JT Realmuto than Posey. I do think Perez will get more consideration than those guys because he had the great arm and had that big home run year , but I don't think he's a 100% guy.
They do get short changed due to short careers and not a lot of games played per season. They get undervalued by WAR too for the same reasons. I don't think Perez belongs though, not with guys like Freehan and Munson still waiting,
Yes, He is. He is like Cabrera, someone who looked like he was going to be one of the truely elite Hall of Famers, and then faded in the last part of his career, but is still 100%
I've tried them on occasion, but I find that they get in the way of stuff that I need and I have to remove it. I solved the problem on this site. Whenever I get a popup that won't go away, I hit "continue".
if the Democrats won't vote for a woman, why do you guys think the Republicans would vote for a woman? I am having a hard time understanding that. The only fair election involving women was in 2016. 2024 was not a good barometer because Harris had only a few months to campaign and was not even elected. So, it's not fair to say that they lost twice.
I understand that, but we are not necessarily in the majority, at least not a large majority. We are not a serious people and we are getting dumbed down further in this presidency.