Jim Tyrer is a finalist for the Hall of Fame (senior committee)

[FloridaMan88]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Woah.

Um...Jim Tyrer's post-playing exploits were...uh...not great.

That's a rough look. I mean at a point, you need to really consider stuff off the field if you're going to enshrine someone in your Hall of Fame. I mean even if it only weighs 1%, that 1% in this case is gonna be disqualifying.

That's a slippery slope, which is why the criteria should be strictly performance on the playing field.

For example, that off the field stuff is being used to keep Curt Schilling out of Cooperstown, even though his supposed "transgressions" are nothing criminal related.

So what is the threshold for off the field issues to mitigate someone's HOF candidacy?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by FloridaMan88

That's a slippery slope, which is why the criteria should be strictly performance on the playing field.

For example, that off the field stuff is being used to keep Curt Schilling out of Cooperstown, even though his supposed "transgressions" are nothing criminal related.

So what is the threshold for off the field issues to mitigate someone's HOF candidacy?

Not sure. But it's somewhere north of "murdered his wife"