Minnie Miñoso finally made it into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The omission of the White Sox legend has been one of the most embarrassing faults of the Hall of Fame voters for decades. In this year’s vote — Minnie’s 23rd try for the Hall — he received 14 of 16 votes.
Miñoso, Bud Fowler, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Tony Olivia and Buck O’Neil will officially be inducted on July 24, 2022. This is certainly a worthy group of players — long overdue.
One glaring omission was Dick Allen, who fell just one vote short, in another big mistake made by the Veterans Committee.