Is it time to change election standards for Hall of Fame? With many qualified candidates on the outside looking in, perhaps a change should be made in voting process to honor deserving players.(National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)

Baseball Digest | November 1, 2006| | Copyright

IT'S A QUESTION SURELY WORTH ASKing: Is it time to rethink the Hall of Fame?

Should we reconsider how players are elected, who truly belongs, who may not, and whether changes are urgent, or would it do any good if implemented?

The election process for elevation to the Hall may not be fractured, but it's definitely bent, and maybe something should be done to straighten it out.

Not that the methods of election to baseball's shrine have ever been near-perfect. Far from it. They have been problematic from even before the dedication of the National Baseball Hall of Fame ...

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