Baseball Hall of Fame Veterans

Shame that Ewing Kauffman didn't get in.

I know -- he only won one World Series and owned a small-market team /fanboy looser

 

Kauffman built a very solid frachise that his successors have since destroyed. He is far more deserving that Bowie Kuhn.

 

Kauffman did more with less than most. O'Malley did less with more than most. And Kauffman didn't piss off a community by moving his franchise.

 

I gave up on the Hall of Fame's credibility when that clown cancelled a Bull Durham event there because he disagreed with the politics of Sarandon and Robbins. I think it was Dale Petroskey.

 

Best synopsis of this story so far. Thanks Cranberry. I'm not a fan of Miller because he can be surly and egotistical when he speaks, but the guy did change the landscape of the game.

Marvin did himself no favors today by bitching about it, when he knew that the deck was stacked against him.

 

Personally, I think it's a travesty that David Glass had any say on who gets into the Hall of Fame, in any category.

And Kuhn's election reminds me of the broadcasters who are in the Hall of Fame (Not naming any names) mainly because they spent an ungodly amount of years calling games, not because they were any good at it.

 

Chick Gandil is more deserving than Bowie Kuhn.

 

Probably the one and only owner who ever deserved to get into the Hall of Fame was Bill Veeck.

Fans don't pay money to watch owners own.

 

I think cran already covered this early in the day Ragu.

 

From the HOF press release:

The 12-member electorate with review the Executives/Pioneers ballot featured Hall of Famers Monte Irvin and Harmon Killebrew; former executives Bobby Brown (American League) and John Harrington (Red Sox); current executives Jerry Bell (Twins), Bill DeWitt (Cardinals), Bill Giles (Phillies), David Glass (Royals) and Andy MacPhail (Orioles); and veteran media members Paul Hagen (Philadelphia Daily News), Rick Hummel (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) and Hal McCoy (Dayton Daily News).

I can't see Paul Hagen, Rick Hummel or Hal McCoy not voting for Marvin. I'd be very surprised if one of them didn't. If Harmon Killebrew didn't vote for Marvin he should be ashamed of himself considering what Marvin meant to the players of his generation. I had thought Andy McPhail, who by all accounts is a smart and decent guy, could rise above his family's historical animosity toward the union. But I think about five votes would be alll he could have hoped for from this panel. The HOF becomes less and less credible every time stuff like this happens.