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Hall of Fame will grow Monday
2006-02-26 21:40
by Bob Timmermann

On Monday, a special committee of 11 Negro League baseball experts (along with a ballot filled out by Robert Peterson before his death), will announce its selections after a 5-year study of overlooked figures from the Negro Leagues. The announcement is scheduled for 2 pm ET.

Here are capsules of the candidates. Here is the voting procedure.

Only 2 of the 39 people eligible are still living: Buck O'Neil and Minnie Miñoso.

Alex Belth's SI.com piece on Minnie Miñoso.

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2006-02-26 22:47:27
1.   das411
Sadly, Bert Blyleven will once again fall short of induction. ;)
2006-02-26 23:02:24
2.   Bob Timmermann
That's because Ken Burns never interviewed him.
2006-02-26 23:29:26
3.   scareduck
Damn, for a second there I thought the Veteran's Committee had furtively voted Rick Monday into the Hall.
2006-02-27 00:54:01
4.   Strike4
Maybe in 50 years there will be a Korean Committee. They can vote in Choi on a special waiver that he could have been good despite his statistics.
2006-02-27 10:55:54
5.   nickb
Even though his actual credentials may fall short, I think Buck O'Neil ought to make it in solely for being the only positive baseball-related item in Kansas City.

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