The Hall of Fame Veteran’s Committee announces the results of their latest voting today. Popular sentiment would have this new incarnation of the committee select Ron Santo and Gil Hodges for enshrinement.
As a Brooklyn native it’s almost sacrilege for me to say this, but I really hope Hodges (or any of the rest) do not get in.
Over the years the Veteran’s Committee has consistently watered down the Hall of Fame, sometimes to ridiculous extremes.
Hodges and Santo (and Allen, Kaat, etc.) were all very good players. And each of them had a chance to be elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA for 15 years. They all had up to 15 chances to get in – and none of then got in. The best Hodges ever did was 63.4% in his final year; Santo didn’t even do that well, breaking 40% only once (also in his last year).
A Hall of Famer should not need over 15 chances to be enshrined.
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