First Woman Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

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   randomliberal/Robert February 27, 2006 at 11:53 pm | Permalink

   Good to see the Hall of Fame do that. And bravo for Effa Manley, even if it is 20something years too late for her to live to see.

   But poop on the article. It got several irritating things wrong. First, its description of Sol White. Sol White was many things, including ballplayer, writer, columnist, and the first historian of black baseball. He was not, as the article claims, elected as an executive (i.e. owner or general manager). Second, and more glaringly if you ask me, it dedicated half of the article to Effa Manley without mentioning that she was the manager of the team! Kind of important and relevant information, no? In fact, she was the manager when the Newark Eagles won the Negro Leagues World Series in 1946.

   Also poop on the voters for not voting in Buck O’Neil. He was a good player in the Negro Leagues, the first black coach in the white major leagues, and has done tremendous good for baseball over the last 50something years as an ambassador and story-teller (and he has some good ones; if you’re a baseball fan and you ever get the chance to watch Ken Burns’ Baseball, do it…there’s some great stuff in there).

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   Magis February 28, 2006 at 10:49 am | Permalink

   randomliberal:

   2nd on the motion to poop on the voters for not electing Buck O’Neil.

   Sounds like you too are a baseball nut. The “hot stove league” is about to disband, yay! :)

   And yes, Effa was quite a woman!

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   randomliberal/Robert February 28, 2006 at 12:45 pm | Permalink

   Yeah, just to give you an idea, my parents got me the 2005 Baseball Encyclopedia for Christmas Saturnalia. I love my baseball.

   And maybe, just maybe, my Rangers will be able to pitch this year. Any reports of pigs flying may be sent to me at randomliberal[at]email[pointperioddot]com.

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