Posted By:
Ryan ChristoffChris,
If it makes you feel any better, I would have flown to Cooperstown and picketed the HOF if Minoso got in unless literally all 38 of the other Negro Leaguers got in as well. I agree that he should be in, but I take into consideration his playing days in Cuba as well as the Majors. His Negro League stint was so short I don't even consider it when evaluating his career.
He shouldn't have even been on this list and it would have been an injustice had he gotten in this way.
Kenny,
Why couldn't Buck O'Neil's entire baseball life have been considered instead of just his playing days? They obviously wanted some Negro League executives and owners in, why not Buck? Oddly, had he been a worse player I think he might have had a better chance of getting in. Maybe some voters considered him a player, while others as a manager/coach/scout/ambassador. He is not Hall-worthy in any one of those categories. I agree with you that when you add them up, Buck O'Neil should be in the Hall of Fame.
-Ryan