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Veterans Committee Picks Joe Gordon; Santo Misses HOF Again

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daske17 First Round Pick

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If Ron doesn't get in, I'm going to personally blame Joe Morgan and Gary Carter.

 

They will be the face of this failure.

 

(Of course, I just don't like them, so it makes it easier).

 

I believe Morgan went on record last year saying that Santo belongs in the Hall.

 

Yeah, I know. But it doesn't mean that I can't place the blame at his doorstep any way. Irrational hatred is the best kind!

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If Ron doesn't get in, I'm going to personally blame Joe Morgan and Gary Carter.

 

They will be the face of this failure.

 

(Of course, I just don't like them, so it makes it easier).

 

I believe Morgan went on record last year saying that Santo belongs in the Hall.

 

Yeah, I know. But it doesn't mean that I can't place the blame at his doorstep any way. Irrational hatred is the best kind!

 

True. Although there are a lot of rational reasons to dislike Morgan already.

UMFan83 GOAT

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The link for the PC is up on the HOF website now. (check my previous post above)

 

They wouldn't hold a glamorous press conference to tell us no one was elected right?

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Is the video not working for anyone else? Is it because the press conference hasn't started?
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Results of the 2008 Post-1942 Players Ballot (48 votes needed for election): Santo (39 votes, 60.9 percent), Jim Kaat (38, 59.4 percent), Tony Oliva (33, 51.6 percent), Gil Hodges (28, 43.8 percent), Joe Torre (19, 29.7 percent), Maury Wills (15, 23.4 percent), Luis Tiant (13, 20.3 percent), Vada Pinson (12, 18.8 percent), Al Oliver (nine, 14.1 percent), Dick Allen (seven, 10.9 percent).

 

Santo missed it by 9 votes WTF

Rob Knoxville Smokies

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The article up on mlb.com says that Joe Gordon was the only one elected from two separate committees.
ctcf Cooperstown

ctcf

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MLB.com says only Gordon elected.

 

UGH

 

That might just be for the Pre-1942 people election. Still holding out hope.

No one from the post-1942 committee was elected. That group included such fan favorites as Ron Santo, Joe Torre, Gil Hodges, Dick Allen, Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva, Al Oliver, Vada Pinson, Luis Tiant and Maury Wills. That 10-player ballot was handled by a Veterans Committee made up of the 64 living Hall of Famers. The vote was taken on Sunday.

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