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OK so he didn't use those words exactly. Here is what Ron Santo said yesterday after not being selected by the Veterans Committee:

''It's a travesty,'' Santo said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. ''When I saw nobody got in again, I go, 'Whoa, this is wrong.' They can't keep going the way they're going. They've got to put a [different] committee out there. It'll be eight years now that they've voted and not let anybody in."

So according to Mr. Santo, the Veterans Committee should always be putting people in. Quantity over quality.

Does Santo realized who makes up the current committee? It's all the living Hall of Famers! So he just insulted the very group that he wants to belong to!

Hey Ron, nowhere does it say that the Hall of Fame has to put anyone in if they don't think they were qualified. And clearly the BBWAA and the current Hall of Fame members do not think you are qualified.

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The Veteran's Committee made their selection yesterday.
They selected a guy named Joe who

• Was an All-Star 2B
• A former MVP
• A manager of several teams
• Once wore a Yankee uniform

The problem was his last name was not Torre.

As I said yesterday, there was no valid reason for the Veterans Committee - either the pre-1943 group or the post-1942 group - to select anyone. The Hall of Fame has been watered down so many times by various committees over the years. Joe Gordon furthers that decline.

However, if there is anyone whose selection yesterday would not have brought down the quality inside the halls of Cooperstown it is Joe Torre. Torre was a borderline candidate as a player. Factor in his managerial career and his total contribution to the game merits him a plaque.

Him....not Gordon.

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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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