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We all watched both of these men and can directly understand their context. We know Halladay is a HOF pitcher, and we know Brown probably isn't (I wouldn't be offended at all if he got i, but he won't, and i'm largely indifferent). To me it illustrates why we have to be careful sometimes when we get annoyed at snubs or bad inductions from previous eras where we didn't live through the context, After we're dead, somebody is going to compare these two guys and wonder why Brown isn't in or never even came close.
What if context is wrong? Was Catfish Hunter really that good? Was Bert Blyleven really that unremarkable? Should Andy Petitie not even be a footnote in baseball history? Was Jack Morris the best pitcher of the 1980's?
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