Hall of Fame Umpires
With the announcement tomorrow of the 2 Veterans Hall Committees it got me researching who might be the next HOF umpire. I always found it a little weird umpires are elected along with players, executives and managers but there have been 10 elected nonetheless.
Some candidates that I found mentioned as possible electees include:
Ed Montague
Shag Crawford
Bruce Froemming
Harry Wendelstedt
Mike Reilly
Tim McClelland
John Hirschbeck
Jerry Crawford
Joe West
Gerry Davis
Bill Dinneen
Augie Donatelli
Anyone have any insight on who might even be considered in the near future on one of the Committees?
I have autographs of 9 of the 10 elected umpires, just needing Hank O'Day who is a near impossible signature.
Related to this, I was rummaging through my collection tonight when I stumbled on the following that Doug Harvey sent me when I sent him a TTM request in 2008 when I heard grumblings he was a likely Hall inductee. Thought it would be fun to share in this thread.
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