Hall of Fame voting and WWII

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Kenny Cole

He was wounded in a foot by shrapnel while helping defend Ludendorff Bridge. Not minimizing it, but that is substantially different than almost losing both feet to frostbite IMO.

Travis was one of the "battling bastards of Bastogne." Completely surrounded, outmanned, outflanked, out of food and water, sleeping in his foxhole in the freezing temperatures. I have nothing but respect for him.

True, but I've also read where he almost lost a couple of toes to frostbite...again, not as bad as almost losing both feet, but it was so cold during that battle that most soldiers suffered some sort of frostbite...couldn't be helped. Regardless, I've always liked Travis but didn't know about his history in the military. Love hearing those stories.

[Kenny Cole]

I don't expect him to ever be inducted. I think that he is better, based on his actual numbers, than some SSs already in, at least offensively, but I also get that he won't be elected. Nonetheless, I really dislike the lack of respect for a guy who literally sacrificed his entire career to serve our country when called to do so. I think that entirely sucks. Overall, I think that WWII negatively affected more potential HOF players than any other conflict. The lack of consideration given to that fact is very unfortunate IMO.

[packs]

I'm really having a hard time understanding what Warren Spahn has to do with Cecil Travis. Unless Warren Spahn suffered the same exact injury and played short stop what does he have to do with anything?