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If you want to know the point at which the Hall of Fame lowered its standards, look no further than the BBWAA’s 1948 election of Herb Pennock, who was born on this date in 1894.
For the first dozen years of Hall of Game elections, the BBWAA had been very exclusive in who they elected. They had such a wealth of candidates to choose from since the H…
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