It's not that I'm unhappy for him, I'm an Expos fan and watched his entire career and always loved Dawson. Do I feel he belongs in the HOF? I don't. I'm not even sure Raines belongs there either, but I think he belongs there more than Dawson does.

The problem with cherry picking some categories and some "random" level within it is that if you add another category or two or even better either lower or raise the bar just a bit, the player in question is no longer in that top whatever, or so many more lesser players enter the picture.

Has the Hall of Fame made questionable if not downright terrible choices since early on? Of course! Is Dawson an egregious error? Absolutely not, but in my opinion, he shouldn't be there.

Of course, that's all part of the fun of baseball isn't it, the debates!