Next year’s Hall vote will really tell story
Published by Scott Lewis January 6th, 2007 in News.Barry Rozner of the Daily Herald (here in Chicago) wrote a great piece on the next Hall of Fame vote. You should check it out.
We’ll spare you the Mark McGwire argument.
If you’re a regular visitor to this space, then you already know the feeling here about juiced players, juiced balls, juiced ballparks and the fraud that was the Great Home Run Race of 1998 that saved Bud Selig’s job and the world from communism.
And when the Hall of Fame voting is announced Tuesday morning, it seems likely that through the ballot process a statement will be made about 1998 and McGwire will not get the 75 percent needed for election.
My ballot had an “X’’ next to the names of Cal Ripken, Tony Gwynn, Jim Rice, Andre Dawson, Lee Smith, Bert Blyleven and Goose Gossage.
4 Responses to “Next year’s Hall vote will really tell story”
- 1 Trackback on Dec 15th, 2007 at 9:06 am
think you will like this link about all the players who have tried to fit the shoes of Ronnie. this alone is enough for me to say Ron belongs in the hall of fame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_s00QIYWIg
BTW, I think that the fact that Ron Santo accomphlished all that he did while battling Type One diabetes is amazing! even another reason to be in the hall of fame.
Tom Gary
The Hall of Fame is special, not just good. That’s what Santo was good not great(sorry if that upsets you). Let’s face facts Robin Ventura are similar to that of Santo’s and I wouldn’t put him in the Hall. The fact that he has an illness does not mean you should be in the HOF. If Lou Gerhing was a good player nothing special, but good, would he still be in the HOF? I don’t think so. I just ask people put away your Cub Pride and look at the player. Good players don’t make the HOF, great ones do and there’s nothing to be ashamed of a good 15yr career.
Jim R:
Do an arithmetic equation (and I was an English major at La Salle U. in Phila, PA!) Look up Robin Ventura’s league E.R.A. every year he was a pro…I know he was an American Leaguer…When Santo played, games took 2 hours and 20 minutes and the scores were 3-2, not 8-4 after one inning because nobody now has any pitching. Do you honestly believe that a 42-year old Tom Glavine or an older Roger Clemens could have made the pirching roster of any major league baseball team in 1970? Ron Santo was a bonafide major league baseball star. Do not ever compare Robin Ventura to Ron Santo. Ron Santo is a better major league baseball player than several other third basemen who have already been elected to the Hall, players such as George Kell, or even Pie Traynor. Consistently .285, 30, 98, 90 walks, hustle, all star game appearance, and gold glove. Go look up what Ron Santo did in Philadelphia at Connie Mack Stadium moments after our astronauts landed on the moon, July 1969. Go look that up! Ron hit a rocket shot out of Connie Mack that’s still rising.