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tbobWhat a frigging bad joke. Awful...
Yes she was active in the civil rights movement and yes she helped her husband run the Newark Eagles, but she got in for all the wrong reasons. She got in because she was a real ambassador for the Negro League players, like Buck wasn't and isn't. C'mon! I am still mad about Tony O. the most feared hitter in the American League (according to the top pitchers of that era)during the 1960's and early 1970's and a defensive demon with speed and a rifle arm not being in and watching guys like Billy Williams, Bruce Sutter, Bill Mazeroski and Kirby Puckett get in.
Effa Manley? Let's do the politically correct thing and vote in the first woman in to the Hall. Give me a frigging break...