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Originally Posted by Cy2009
Greg,
I was listening to MLB radio and Al Oliver was quite upset that Santo didn't get to see his enshrinement. Those sports writers have no soul. We knew eventually that he would get in. Do it while he was alive.
They did the same thing to Buck O'Neil. They didn't enshrine him but asked him to speak at the Cooperstown ceremonies. Buck was such a gentleman that he did it without thought. But the writers didn't have the decency to put him into the Hall while he was alive. Buck was a great player. But he was an enormous ambassador for the game and deserved to be in the Hall, like Santo, when he was alive.
Cy
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Cy, I hear you, but the only way to ensure that this happens is to only allow voting once for each player. That would make the voters take things more seriously and it would also let the former player know one way or the other while still living.
The fact that Santo died might actually be part of why he was elected - people become better (or their qualities stand out more) in our memories once they are gone.