South Side Sox had a history of holding Hall of Fame votes in the 2010s, long before the new management came in and sorta blew the voting wide open.
Things expanded right away, when we created the White Sox Hall of Fame.
A year later, after Harold Baines was elected to Cooperstown via the Veterans Committee ballot in 2018 (creating furor among writers and fans), it sparked an idea for a third round of voting here each year, to correct some of the many oversights Cooperstown has made over the years — and continues to make.