Baseball writers are upset that the Hall of Fame didn't expand ballots.  Writers wanted the ballots expanded because there is a huge backlog right now on the ballots, and the current voting rules mean that a lot of probably qualified players are going to fall off the ballot before they're elected to the HOF.

However, the main reason there is a backlog is because the majority of baseball writers refused for a long time to give votes to (almost) anyone connected to heavy steroid usage in the 80's, 90's and early 2000's.

So, isn't this backlog, fair or not, on the writers' heads as well?  I know most of them use the rationale that they're only playing by the HOF's rules...but it's also pretty clear that the writers are willing to buck hard against the rules when they don't like them.

Now, having said all that, HOF election criteria are a joke anyway, so this whole discussion is partially moot.

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