The first class included Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner. Certainly the greatest bunch.
Ty Cobb was only 4 votes shy of being unanimous and Babe Ruth 11. Those 4 and 11 voters should be ashamed of themselves.
Most overrated Hall of Famer? Joe DiMaggio. Don’t get me started on the NY press blowing sunshine about his personal life either.
Mariano Rivera deserved to be voted in the first time he was eligible. But unanimously? He’s greater than Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Sandy Koufax, and Nolan Ryan?