{"id":23529,"date":"2021-12-06T10:44:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T16:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=23529"},"modified":"2021-12-06T10:44:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T16:44:33","slug":"buck-oneil-minnie-minoso-elected-to-baseball-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=23529","title":{"rendered":"Buck O\u2019Neil, Minnie Mi\u00f1oso Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Baseball Hall of Fame: Buck O’Neil, Minnie Mi\u00f1oso and Gil Hodges among six voted in by eras committees<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame will induct at least six new members in 2022. Sunday evening the Hall of Fame’s Early Baseball Era Committee announced Negro League legends Bud Fowler and Buck O’Neil have been voted into Cooperstown. Also voted in were Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Mi\u00f1oso, and Tony Oliva by the Golden Days Era Committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Simply put, O’Neil is a Negro Leagues icon and one of the most important figures in baseball history. A fine player who went to three All-Star Games in 10 Negro League seasons, O’Neil founded the Negro League Baseball Hall of Fame in Kansas City following his playing days, and he was also the first Black coach in baseball history. O’Neil died at age 94 in 2006, and the Buck O’Neil Award is given annually to the “individual whose extraordinary efforts enhanced baseball’s positive impact on society, broadened the game’s appeal, and whose character, integrity and dignity are comparable to the qualities exhibited by O’Neil.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve always known it, but now it\u2019s official.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Buck O\u2019Neil is Forever Legendary.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congrats to our late Chairman John Jordan Buck O\u2019Neil on his well-deserved and long overdue induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame! pic.twitter.com\/CU8qFHLJu3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (@NLBMuseumKC) December 5, 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Hodges, an eight-time All-Star and manager of the 1969 Miracle Mets<\/a>, was long considered one of the most worthy candidates not yet voted into the Hall of Fame. He played 18 seasons with the Dodgers<\/a> and Mets, including 17 after returning from World War II, and retired as a career .273\/.359\/.487 hitter with 1,921 hits and 370 home runs. He was also considered one of the best defensive infielders of his era. Hodges died at age 47 in 1972.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“When you mention all-time greats in Dodger history, Gil Hodges is among the finest to ever don Dodger blue,” Dodgers president Stan Kasten said in a statement. “We are thrilled that he will finally take his place in Cooperstown alongside the game’s greats and look forward to honoring him next year.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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