Lets face it, just like money, having talent doesn't mean you have class, and this whole veteran's committee experiment has only proved that there are a lot of bitter, jealous, S.O.B's that made it into the Hall of Fame.
When given an opportunity to show the country that they have better judgement and bigger hearts than the woeful writer's committee, they decided to hold out to show everyone that they are still better than other baseball players.
What's worse is that this has become a bi-annual dunking booth for Ron Santo where he is trotted out for his appointment and soundly thrashed publicly by the old bitter veteran's committee. I can picture Joe Morgan at home with his tivo, replaying the clip of Ron Santo's heart breaking once again.
I've watched "This Old Cub," just once, and have lived and died with the Cubbies for every baseball season I can remember. I don't remember Ron Santo very well, he was at some games I watched, but I was real young. I often wish he would be quiet during his broadcasts so Pat Hughes can tell me what has happened on the field. I don't think he's a great color commentator but he belongs in that booth and he belongs in the Hall of Fame or the Hall is just a collection of dusty old jerks that want to pat each other on the back and stick their tongues out at the world.
A person once told me that "It's called the Hall of Fam, not the Hall of 'Pretty Good' . " Ironically, this was in a discussion about Ryne Sandberg's chances. I think that even that jaded White Sox fan thinks this is a sham. I'm embarrassed for Ron Santo, that he has gone to the lengths he has and still been rejected. I'm ashamed for the veteran's committee, but they at least in two ways want to make sure to remind everyone that we have nothing in common with them.
Soon, and they will be able to do nothing about it, the stuck up old jerks will be joined by the likes of Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa, and the rest of the steroid era. They might manage to keep a few of them out but not all of them, and then these guys will be in the Hall of Fame that Ron Santo supposedly does not belong in.
There is something very wrong with that.
