forgerelli
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I may have read him wrong, but I think he meant that the HOF was not limited to that level of player since 1945, not that there haven't been inner circle players since.
Yes, that's what I meant. In 1945 the Veterans Committee elected a bunch of borderline guys and the next year started electing outright mistakes. It got REALLY bad in the 70's.
I cannot recommend Bill James' "Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame" enough. I've read just about every book I could find on Hall of Fame selection and standards and that book is still the best, even though it's 25+ years old and I disagree with some of it now.
Scott F