THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Will the BBWAA call for those guys to be blacklisted for voting? After all plagiarism is the worst form of cheating in that profession.

The premise of the article is a parody and a poor one at that.

I thought the parody was well-executed.

When I saw the title of the article I initially thought that The Common Man had dug up legitimate instances of suspected plagiarism for these guys.  As I read the article, however, I was pleasantly surprised that he was just aiming baseless accusations at the writers for all supporting the same baseless cause.  I love it!

Follow-up:

http://www.platoonadvantage.com/2011/12/in-which-we-joyously-celebrate-peter.html

The Common Man no longer suspects Peter Abraham. 

That said, since then Abraham has posted his 2011-2012 ballot and has reconsidered his previous lack of support for Bagwell, saying

“Ignoring drug use seems unconscionable. Voting for Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire or Manny Ramirez would cheapen the Hall of Fame. But not voting for somebody based only a hunch is worse. It’s baseball McCarthyism.”

Abraham’s revised position is an entirely legitimate one, and as such, in the interest of fairness, it’s with great pride that we shout from the rooftops that Peter Abraham is not, not, NOT a suspected plagiarist, and we congratulate him on being as such, just as we’ll do for any writer or HOF voter who undergoes a similar change of heart.

Abraham also got TCM kicked off the Sweetspot Network.
http://www.platoonadvantage.com/2012/01/peter-abraham-is-not-plagiarist-but-he.html