Monday, December 8, 2008

Santo Hosed Again

Ugh. Poor Ron Santo got hosed AGAIN by the Baseball Hall of Fame Veterans Committee. Only Joe Gordon, who played just 11 seasons, got in. Ridiculous.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

oh, i'm SO bummed to hear that. for some reason i get emotionally pulled into the santo drama every year. what's the deal anyway, why isn't he considered hall of fame worthy?

Dave said...

Santo's one of those cases where his numbers show he was better than he may have seemed. He was obviously excellent, but nothing super extraordinary may stick out to the Vets committee. And, his style is probably overshadowed by some of the super-duper stars who played at the same time.

Sadly, though, it also probably means that he just doesn't have any really forceful boosters on the Vets committee.