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Old 01-11-2012, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ctownboy View Post
Ted Williams used his influence to get Rizzuto elected. So, Rizzuto was not elected to the HOF when he was on the regular ballot and it took an all-time great like Williams to lobby for him with the Veterans Committee.
I tend to stay out of these HOF "worthy / not worthy" threads, but in this situation, I feel like I need to say that if Ted Williams thinks somebody should be in the Hall, that trumps all of the opinions and stats that I've seen mentioned.

Doug
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