I miss Ron Santo.

[mabnyx]

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Re: I still read LJ, I just don't post. Should I start again? Probably notttt.

[mabnyx]

Ha! Ha ha ha. Well. Ron Santo isn't in the Hall of Fame because the Hall of Fame is completely batshit crazy about some things. He hit tons of home runs, had a high average, was an excellent third baseman, and isn't in the HOF because...there is no real reason. Some people will say it's because he did that thing where he clicked his heels when he won, and that really pissed off the other team and the other team's fans, so the veterans and the writers (i.e. fans) don't want to let him in. Some people will tell you it's because he wanted to be in, really really wanted it, and openly campaigned for himself, and wasn't ashamed of this at all (which: why should he be? he deserved it), and that is, like, Unseemly, and they didn't want to give him the satisfaction. You have to remember, these are baseball writers voting on this, and then the Veterans Committee, so we are talking people who have a somewhat unrealistic view of How the Game Is Played, because you know in the Golden Age, everybody was Ted Williams and Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson and Dizzy Dean and they just don't make 'em like they used to! Which doesn't make any sense, you guys: the HOF standard isn't Ted Williams or Babe Ruth, because then the HOF would be composed of...Ted Williams and Babe Ruth. They are also people with an inflated sense of self-importance. So. There is no reason he is not in the Hall of Fame. It is a travesty that he is not. I blame Joe Morgan.

And yeah, they do put in execs and announcers and I think even a couple umpires, but don't hold your breath there either. These are not reasonable people.