[Jarons]

1. Phil Niekro was never accused of cheating other than by you.
2. It is difficult for Steinbrenner to serve on the Vererans Committee since he died a couple of years ago. Also, he had no connection whatsoever with Watergate.
3. PEDs were not available in the 1959s and 1960s.
4. No one on the ballot deserved election this year. iggio will get in eventually. However, since Joe DiMaggio was not elected until the fourth ballot and Jimmie Fox on the seventh ballot, [B]I find it hard to believe that Biggio deserves election on the first ballot. Even the great Denton True Young had to wait until the second ballot for election.
5. Next year, Maddux, one of the top five pitchers of all time, and Glavine will be elected on the first ballot. My personal opinion is that Glavine should wait a year but Maddux should be near unanimous.
6. The Hall of Fame is far too watered down now by the election of cronies by the Veterens Committee and by merely good players by the BBWAA. It needs to be a Hall of Fame and not a Hall of Good Players.
7. Although it obviously cannot be done, the Hall woulde be truer to its mission by removing about one-third of those who are already there.

I thought Biggio had been on the ballot 2 or 3 years