Oh fuck, for fuck's sake.
Minnie Minoso ain't a HOFer, and Gil Hodges ain't even a AAA HOFer. Jim Kaat and Tony Oliva don't belong in either.
Same shitheads who Voted in Jack Morris and Harold Baines are proving that they're even more stupid than the Bill Terry and Frankie Frisch veterans committee, notorious for putting in undeserving people like Jim Bottomley.
Bud Fowler? With basically no stats to consider, he's anecdote and legend. Wouldn't have voted him in.
Seriously, as batters, did committee members Ozzie Smith or George Brett ever think they were watching a HOFer in Kaat?
Let's tackle these individually.
Minoso? 50 WAR. (For various reasons, rightly or wrongly, I don't generally count Negro Leagues numbers on a player considered primarily for his MLB time. Below-average fielder (he was). Got thrown out on the bases a lot. One 8-WAR, one 6-WAR year. He's not a horrible inductee, but not great.
Gil Hodges? No 7-WAR seasons. Under 45 WAR. Not that much as a manager.
Kaat? Flat 50 WAR. Look up "compiler" in the MLB Encyclopedia. His picture is there.
Oliva. Under 50 WAR. Almost EXACTLY another Harold Baines.
I write this as MLBTR's piece on the election has idiots galore in the comments. Beyond the idiots touting candidacies of the undeserving, there's the "greenies were as bad as roids' idiots. They're not and I tackled that six years ago. That said, per the old "Canseco milkshake" and related, there is probably at least one roider already in the Hall. Click the link for my guess on who.
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Meanwhile, the biggest travesty continues in that Danny Murtaugh was STILL not voted in as a manager. Two WS champs, two other NL East champs, all while battling multiple rounds of the disease that would kill him.
Bad Bill Dahlen also robbed. Over 70 WAR. Actually deserving.
