[Sabertooth]

If Ron Santos is not in why should OD be voted in?

Santo should have been a lock. When someone is the premiere player in their leage at a position for ten years, they should go into the Hall of Fame. It shouldn't always be about cumulative career offensive stats. That's

That would also put Ozzie Smith in there.

Tony Oliva too.

Hopefully with living Hall of Faners now having a say about who gets in, some of the oversights of the past will be rectified.

[Twins613]

Thanks for the picture of Tony-O. Another one who's a better candidate than some who are already there.

[AmishDude]

I wonder how many great defensive players in the past would have made the HoF if there had been televison at the time. Ozzie clearly benefitted from it.

[AmishDude]

I wonder how many great defensive players in the past would have made the HoF if there had been televison at the time. Ozzie clearly benefitted from it.

[GreatOne]

It's an absolute crime that Oliva isn't in the HOF. Until he blew out his knee at 30 years of age (which, like Mantle's, would have been easily scoped and rehabbed today), he was well on his way to 3000 hits and 300 home runs. I think the voters forget he played the last 5 years of career on a severly damaged knee, and retired at age 36. If he had had a career ending injury at 30, like Puckett did, his numbers wouldn't be so clouded.

Regarding Ron Santo, if he's in, why not Craig Nettles as well? Nettles had better lifetime stats (while playing longer), and was a much better fielder.