Ron Santo Snubbed By Veterans Committee ... Again
Bleed Cubbie Blue —
... The Hall of Fame Veterans Committee failed, once again, to acknowledge one of the top ten (at the very least) third basemen in baseball history by passing over Ron Santo for induction, in a vote announced on the Hall of Fame website today. Santo got 60.9% of the vote. ...
The Vets
The Hardball Times —
The Hall of Fame Veterans Committee's voting results are out, and the lone, lucky inductee was Joe Gordon. Sorry Mr. Santo. Mr. Allen, Mr. Torre, Mr. Pinson, Mr. Oliva, ...
Correction of an earlier post.
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
Earlier today I wrote a post about a Dugout Central report about Joe Torre being elected into the Hall of Fame by the Veteran's Committee. Well it turns out that report was wrong. The only player that the Veteran's Committee elected was former Yankees and Indians second baseman Joe Gordon. Here are the official voting results from the Hall of Fame: Results of the 2008 Pre-1943 Players Ballot (nine votes needed for election): Gordon (10 votes, 83.3 percent), Allie Reynolds (eight, 66.7 percent), Wes Ferrell (six, 50.0 percent), Mickey Vernon (five, 41.7 percent), Deacon White (five, 41.7 percent), Bucky Walters (4, 33.3 percent), ...
First Royals Manager Elected to Hall of Fame
Around the Horn in KC —
Joe Gordon, the skipper of the 1969 Royals, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame today by the Veterans Committee for his accomplishments as a player. Gordon played from 1938-43 and 1946-50 for the Yankees and Indians. He won the 1942 AL MVP by batting .322 with 18 home runs and 103 RBI with the Yankees. Gordon missed the '44 and '45 seasons due to World War II. He returned to play five more seasons, the last four in Cleveland. Gordon finished with nine All-Star selections, 253 home runs, 975 RBI, and a .268 average.
Gordon went on to manage the Indians in 1958. He ...
Joe Gordon Elected to Hall of Fame
Let's Go Tribe! —
Joe Gordon Elected to Hall of Fame
Former New York and Cleveland second baseman Joe Gordon has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. He'll be inducted next summer.
Gordon was the best second baseman of the 1940s. He ...
Hall makes just one call
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
... takes only a few odd decisions to throw the entire process into question. Particularly when the committee actually meets (as this one apparently did). That opens up the possibility of horse-trading and various forms of cajoling, just like the bad old days of the Veterans Committee, the members of which happily elected their old cronies, most of whom dragged down the standards of the institution. The most qualified player on the pre-1943 ballot was probably Bill Dahlen. According to the Hall's news release , Dahlen got fewer than three votes. Looks like we're back in the bad ...
Joe Gordon Named to Baseball Hall of Fame
FutureAngels.com —
Former Angels minor league hitting instructor Joe Gordon was elected today to the Baseball Hall of Fame. (Photo Credit: National Baseball Hall of Fame)
The Veterans Committee elected former Indians and Yankees second baseman Joe Gordon to the National Baseball Hall of Fame today.
As ...
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Bleeding Edge of a Whole New Hall Game by Jay Jaffe
Baseball Prospectus —
December 9, 2008 Prospectus Hit and Run The Bleeding Edge of a Whole New Hall Game by Jay Jaffe The Baseball Hall of Fame announced its 2008 Veterans Committee voting results , and for the first time since 2001, the VCwhich has changed constitutions several times since thenelected a new member to the Hall. Alas, that player was not longtime Cubs third baseman Ron Santo , who has long been stumped for in this space and elsewhere. Instead, it was Joe Gordon getting the call, the second baseman for the Yankees (1938-1943, 1946) and Indians (1947-1950). As you may have noticed, I did not run my usual JAWS-related breakdown ...
Winter Meetings 2008 Day 1
The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog —
Bumping this back up top as I think we all know that they've crushed Santo's little heart again.
8:27 PM CST UPDATE: More from Stark that the Padres are only talking to the Cubs and that progress need to be made by Thursday or Towers is pulling the plug. Stark mentions it possibly ending up being a three-team, 10-player "extravaganza".
7:55 PM CST UPDATE: ESPN saying the Cubs met with Milton Bradley on Sunday.
6:53 PM CST UPDATE: Rosenthal says the Phillies "have emerged" as the possible third team in the Peavy to Cubs trade talks.
The Denver Post says the Rockies ...
If Gordon, Then Why Not Grich?
Baseball Analysts —
... . He was named on 10 of 12 ballots by an odd Veterans Committee charged with the responsibility of reviewing ten candidates who began their careers prior to 1943. ...
Joseph "Flash" Gordon is Now a Hall of Famer
Blue Heaven —
Yankee and Indians second baseman Joe Gordon has been elected by the Veterans Committee into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This is a pick that is sure to be discussed and argued about for years to come. Pic Link: VBCF: In his 11 year career he was on 5 World Series winning squads while being elected to the All-Star team 9 ...
Still No Hall of Fame Love for Dick Allen
The Big Lead —
The Hall of Fame Veterans Committee allegedly has forgotten more about baseball than any of us know, thus granting them authority to circumvent the undoubtedly full-proof system in place by electing an overlooked peer with 75% of their votes. Their choice this year was Joe Gordon (83.3%), a very good hitter by normal standards and excellent for a second baseman. Ron Santo was the near miss with 60.9% of the vote. Last among the post-1942 players with seven votes was Dick “Richie” Allen.
Allen’s numbers don’t seem spectacular historically. He was a .292/.378/.534 career hitter, giving him a ...
The Daily Double
The Futility Infielder —
Given that I woke up Monday morning with a fever of 100.8, I've gotten a lot done over the past 36 hours, including a pair of articles that went up on Baseball Prospectus today, with the second mirrored at SI.com. One piece is on the Hall of Fame voting, the other on the first big move of the Winter Meetings, the Mets' signing of Francisco Rodriguez. Since the second one is the freebie ...
Current Cooperstown Conversations
The Hardball Times —
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