Monday, February 27, 2006

Hall of Fame B.S.

I know a lot is being made of Effa Manely being the first woman elected to the HOF, but I don't think nearly enough is being made of Buck O'Neil and Minnie Minoso getting the shaft. Heck, if Manely is historic, O'Neil is just as if not more. He was the first black manager in all of MLB...how can you not have this guy in the Hall? On top of that, he hit .288 lifetime (some say he was almost good enough as a player to be in the Hall), was a major factor in getting the Negro League museum built, and he freakin' sat on the Veteran's Committee for the Hall for almost 20 years. As for Minoso, check out his stats on baseball-reference.com. I know his stats won't knock your socks off, but considering the era, the fact he played 2 or 3 years in the Negro Leagues first, and other players of the time that are already in, and you can't tell me he's not a Hall of Famer. You got to give it up to a guy who led the league in HBP 10 times. I think I might start my own Hall of Fame and I'm starting with Buck, Minnie, Donnie Baseball, Andre Dawson, and Pete Rose.

3 Comments:

At 9:49 AM, Blogger Chachi said...

I didn't put Rice on beause I think he'll actually get in the Hall before it's all said and done.

 
At 5:04 PM, Blogger Chachi said...

Damn good call on Shoeless Joe Den, I can't believ I forgot him. Maybe we'll start our own HOF.

 
At 12:08 PM, Blogger Chachi said...

Good call Tom.

 

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