South Side Sox Third Annual Veterans’ HOF Election: No Dice

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesAfter finding some modest success electing candidates in our first two Veterans’ elections (Minnie Miñoso in 2019, Dick Allen in 2020 — no coincidence, perhaps, both tipping the scale as White Sox), we were shut out in this third election, as no candidate could hurdle the 75% bar.

Billy Pierce fell six votes short, while the closest non-White Sox candidate was Lou Whitaker, who polled at just 55%. Orel Hersheiser had by far the fewest votes on the 10-man ballot, but even he still polled at 12%.

As with any problem, however, SSS doesn’t take it on the chin. There is a solution, and it will be put into action over the next week…