Lil Bit Special Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-sphof1209,0,1844426.story LAS VEGAS - Joe Torre, Gil Hodges and their contemporaries will have to wait two more years for a chance at Cooperstown. The Baseball Hall of Fame announced Monday that the Veterans Committee elected none of the 10 candidates among the pool of players who began their career after 1942. Among the pool of players who began their career before 1943, former Yankees second baseman Joe Gordon gained induction. With the 64 living Hall of Famers voting, candidates needed 48 votes, or 75 percent, to get in. Cubs legend Ron Santo came the closest with 39, followed by Jim Kaat (28), Tony Oliva (33), Hodges (28), Torre (19), Maury Wills (15), Luis Tiant (13), Vada Pinson (12), Al Oliver (9) and Dick Allen (7). For pre-1943 induction, Gordon, the 1942 American League MVP, received 10 of a possible 12 votes. The pre-1943 committee featured seven Hall of Famers and five historians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHT STALKER Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Congrats to Joe "Flash" Gordon...and no, I don't remember him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Congrats to Joe "Flash" Gordon...and no, I don't remember him. That's OK. Guys your age forget lots of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHT STALKER Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 That's OK. Guys your age forget lots of things. Thank you, I'm a good table setter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFSIKH Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Congrats to Joe "Flash" Gordon...and no, I don't remember him. Another middling Yankee gets in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLMiCKMANTLE Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Congrats Flash.. well deserved plus Torre will never go in the Hall as a player possibly a manager but not a player. IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharrow Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I'd like to see Torre come and try to manage the Pirates. See if he can lose 120 games a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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