Ron Santo came the closest with 57 votes, five short of the necessary 62. Jim Kaat got 52 votes. Former umpire Doug Harvey also received 52 votes and former head of the MLBPA Marvin Miller received 51.
I guess once they ran out of old New York Giant players to elect, they decided to never vote anyone else in via the Veteran's Committee.
I think what they should do is make a smaller group responsible for non-players but if they want to use the large body to elect players, that's fine, its their club.
If a player can't get in through the front door, there shouldn't be a rear entrance.
For the non-players, the Veterans Committee is a ridiculously idiotic concept. This should be approached something like a museum; have a curatorial committee of baseball historians, or historian-like individuals, determine the historically noteworthy non-players who should be singled-out for this honor of mention. (Marvin Miller should be a slam-dunk - duh!)
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Well, I said that I didn't think Ron Santo wasn't a HOFer, and a friend of mine sent me a mini-novel on why he does. I guess I was wrong, and Santo deserves it. Other than that, O'Malley and Marvin Miller deserve it. Newcome lost a lot of years in the minors, segregated baseball, and war, and so he misses out. Hodges, as beloved as he is, just isn't a HOF first basemen. First ballot Hall of Very Good.
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I think what they should do is make a smaller group responsible for non-players but if they want to use the large body to elect players, that's fine, its their club.
Do you think that Tommy Lasorda could get enough votes today if he needed 62+ to get into the HOF?
His non-inclusion into the Hall of Fame might be worse than Santo's. Who on the VC who votes doesn't understand that?
For the non-players, the Veterans Committee is a ridiculously idiotic concept. This should be approached something like a museum; have a curatorial committee of baseball historians, or historian-like individuals, determine the historically noteworthy non-players who should be singled-out for this honor of mention. (Marvin Miller should be a slam-dunk - duh!)
I nominate Bob Timmermann as a member.
Does he read Timmermann?
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Well, I said that I didn't think Ron Santo wasn't a HOFer, and a friend of mine sent me a mini-novel on why he does. I guess I was wrong, and Santo deserves it. Other than that, O'Malley and Marvin Miller deserve it. Newcome lost a lot of years in the minors, segregated baseball, and war, and so he misses out. Hodges, as beloved as he is, just isn't a HOF first basemen. First ballot Hall of Very Good.
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