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MLB looks to up HOF odds for younger players
- Updated: July 23, 2016
4:49 PM ET
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Baseball’s Hall of Fame has again revamped its veterans’ committees attempting to increase consideration for more contemporary players, managers, umpires and executives.
Under the change announced Saturday by the Hall’s board of directors, there will be separate committees for Today’s Game (1988-2016), Modern Baseball (1970-87), Golden Days (1950-69) and Early Baseball (1871-1949). Today’s Game and Modern Baseball will vote twice every five years, Golden Days once every five years and Early Baseball once every 10 years.
“There are twice as many players in the Hall of Fame who debuted before 1950 as compared to afterward, and yet there are nearly double the eligible candidates after 1950 than prior,” Hall chair Jane Forbes Clark said in a statement. “Those who served the game long ago and have been evaluated many times on past ballots will now be reviewed less frequently.”
The Baseball Hall of Fame has altered its veterans committees with the idea that it will offer more chances for contemporary contributors to get into Cooperstown. A. Messerschmidt/Getty Images
Today’s Game will vote in 2016, ’18, ’21, and ’23, and Modern Baseball in 2017, ’19, ’21 …
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