Good article, Lobstah. I saw Grantland and had to check that Simmons had nothing to do with it before I carried on. Just some random thoughts: The thing that really irks me is the those that are being punished because they are suspected of something. Whether it be Piazza's bacne, Bags' propensity to lift a lot and his known association with Ken C., or the others; these guys have never tested positive and have vehemently denied usage. You can't tell me that Piazza, who is arguably the greatest hitting catcher of all time (at least top 3), shouldn't be inducted as a first year candidate all because some guy says he saw acne on his back! Ridiculous.

All they did this year was create a backlog that they are not going to be able to rectify unless they change some of the rules. For instance, I can't believe they count blank ballots. Granted, I believe there was only 5 of them this year, but it doesn't make any sense. If those writers don't want to vote, bye bye. Also, anyone that votes for Aaron Fucking Sele needs to lose their voting privilege as well. Actually, strike that. Whoever added him to the ballot in the first place needs to go. You know what, I'm starting to get angered over this and there's nothing I can do to change it. I could sit here and bitch and write more paragraphs, but I'm gonna stop now. One last note, though, I would really like to see transparent voting. That wouldn't fix anything per se, but it would be nice to know the next time someone votes for one of the Aaron Fucking Sele's of the world.