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Monday, December 03, 2007 |
Veterans' Committee Sends Walter O'Malley's Corpse To Cooperstown
A little late, guys, but it's good to see him getting recognition for what he did. Not that he didn't have his flaws (and if you read some accounts, he was a real ogre), but the Hall of Fame is not a character test; it contains, after all, Ty Cobb.
Via The Griddle, the full list of names, which includes executives Barney Dreyfus and Bowie Kuhn, and managers Billy Southworth and Dick Williams. Doug Harvey (68.8%) and Whitey Herzog (68.8%) just missed the cut.
Labels: awards, dodgers, hall of fame
Comments:
And Lasorda re-writes history by having O'Malley signing Jackie Robinson. When all along poor me thought it was Branch Rickey. Seriously, from everything I've read, Jackie hated O'Malley's guts.
And, good to read the aptly-named Dick Williams kept his pants zipped up this time around and made it this time...
And, good to read the aptly-named Dick Williams kept his pants zipped up this time around and made it this time...
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