I didn't think of this -- my anonymous friend who is a long-time baseball historian (and, hence, is following this story even closer than I am) posed me a very serious question tonight:
Has Deadspin, by their purchase of a Hall of Fame ballot, intentionally or otherwise destroyed the entire voting process for the Baseball Writers' Association of America with respect to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY?
Consider these two scenarios:
We now have a "going rate" (undisclosed, but a "going rate" nonetheless) for the purchase of a Hall of Fame vote.
Anyone who's been paying attention the last fifteen years knows that ESPN has been masturbating over getting all the steroid cheats their "proper place" in history. You've got to think that all the "dormant ballots" could be bought in the same manner that Deadspin has just bought theirs.
How about A-Roid? He's definitely unscrupulous enough to buy his way in.
Blammo. You just blew up the entire process.
Thanks, Deadspin, really.
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