Member-only story
If The Baseball Hall Of Fame Could Only Have 100 Players At A Time Who Would Be In?
Shrinking the size of the Hall of Fame would make for some difficult choices in terms of who to kick out
Relegation is a popular practice in some sports, particularly soccer. In some leagues, the worst team each year is relegated to the league below where they had been playing. What if a similar principle was applied to the Baseball Hall of Fame? There have been increased rumblings that the number of enshrinees is too bloated. So, if the rule was changed that only the 100 best players could be inducted (with the potential to be removed if somebody better comes along), who would the current Hall-of-Famers be?
There are currently 342 inductees in the Hall of Fame, with 270 of them having been players. If that group was reviewed carefully to get it down to 100, it would be difficult, but would leave an impressive array of talent. With only current Hall-of-Famers eligible for such an exercise, here is who I would start my Cooperstown 100 with as of today — based on their playing ability and performance on the field.
Al Simmons: The outfielder batted .334 with two batting titles.
Babe Ruth: This one is fairly self explanatory.
