CLEVELAND, Ohio — On the surface, voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame seems straightforward: pick the best players, mail in your ballot, and wait for the results. But as cleveland.com’s Paul Hoynes revealed on the latest Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast, there’s a labyrinth of unwritten rules, philosophical differences, and strategic considerations that go into each ballot.

“You get to vote for up to 10 guys,” Hoynes explained to host Joe Noga when asked about the seriousness of the process. “As a voter, I try to vote for 10 guys every ballot. I like to give people a chance.”

That statement alone reveals a fascinating aspect of Hall of Fame voting – some voters deliberately use their ballots to keep borderline candidates in the conversation rather than simply identifying the ten most qua

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