Santo Announcement Today
Submitted by cubsnet on Tue, 2007-02-27 09:15.
The Veterans Committee Hall of Fame announcement is set for approximately 1pm CT today. As we all know, Ron Santo, as one of the top ten third basemen in baseball history, deserves to be there. As we await the announcement, 'cubfever7' at AllCubs.com has a good story demonstrating Santo's kindness.
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Santo Falls Short Again
The Veterans Committee, again, shamefully, failed to elect Ron Santo to the Hall. He came up 5 votes short.
Milo Hamilton regarding Hall of Fame voting results
March 1, 2007, 12:30AM
ASTROS NOTES
By JOSE DE JESUS ORTIZ
Hall vote frustrates Milo
Milo Hamilton, who has known Chicago Cubs great Ron Santo for decades, was not happy the Hall of Fame's Veterans Committee did not select anybody for induction this year, especially Santo.
Read entire article at:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bb/4591905.html
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Bill Status of HR0109 / ELECT RON SANTO HALL OF FAME
Members of the 95th Illinois General Assembly worked to encourage the Baseball Hall of Fame to elect Ron Santo to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
I recommend reading the full text of this bill. Interesting stuff!
Bill Status of HR0109 95th General Assembly
Short Description: ELECT RON SANTO HALL OF FAME
House Sponsors
Rep. Tom Cross - William B. Black - JoAnn D. Osmond - Lou Lang - Sara Feigenholtz, Careen M Gordon and Patricia R. Bellock
Synopsis As Introduced
Urges the Veterans Committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame to elect Ron Santo to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Search for HR0109
http://www.ilga.gov/
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Ron Santo on D-Life on CNBC.
Ron Santo is featured on an episode of D-Life on CNBC.
Click on the link below to read the transcript.
(Scroll down to page 21)
www.dlife.com/dLife/do/ShowContent/dlife_media/tv/pdf/transcript_show118.pdf
Highlights: Tips for safe and fun travel with diabetes educator Joy Pape; on the field with baseball legend Ron Santo; and a look at the dLife of twin teens who share type 1 diabetes.
www.dlife.com/dLife/do/ShowContent/dlife_media/tv/As_seen_show_118.html
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