Ron Santo-HOF

[The Polish Irishman]

A year too late..Ronnie loved the game more than anybody and if Brooks Robinson says you are the best, you probably are.

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

A year too late..Ronnie loved the game more than anybody and if Brooks Robinson says you are the best, you probably are.

So sad he didn't see his special day... RIP, Pizza.

 

[North Buffalo Irish]

One of my dad's favorite players. I'm too young (Grace and young Sosa were my favorites growing up) to have seen Santo play, but I was really glad to see the news today.

 

[PJWhitfield]

If you lop off Santo's rookie year (a partial season) and his last year (partial season), the stats would show he was the best third baseman in the National League in that period. But sentiment aside, he had the misfortune of Brooks Robinson being around in the A.L., and BR may have been the best fielding third baseman in several generations if not the history of the game. (It's nice what BR said, but he was being modest. Defensively there was no one even close to BR in fielding third in his time and for that matter since.) Some have said that a key question for potential HOFers is: Did anybody consider him the best player in baseball in his time? Of Santo, I'd say no. In fact, he had the misfortune of playing on the same team with Billy Williams, and BW was a better baseball player all around. Fair or unfair, I can see how he was overlooked. He had some tough inevitable comparisons to overcome. He's in now and Chicago fans are happy, but I would rather have seen a deadball player like Fielder Jones inducted, for a combination of player and manager skills.

 

[NDinFL]

I'm extremely happy for Ronnie...

Although I have to say, at the time I'm extremely pissed.

What did one ****ing year make a difference?

Anyone who follows the Cubs KNOWS how much this meant to him, and they KNOW how he waited by the phone only to be disappointed, year after year.

So for Mr. Santo, congrats and God bless you

For the voters: go **** yourselves

 

[chgocub23]

Great news, but it's a damn shame they didn't do it sooner. He lived for this moment and he should have been in a long time ago. If I can put up half the fight this man did in his lifetime I can die a happy man. Ronnie you will always be loved by cubs fans and we knew you should have been in a long time ago. To the guy who always made my day listening to the cubs, Cheers Ron Santo, I hope you are able to enjoy an Old Style while trying to erase 2003 out of your mind up in the clouds.

 

[ohara831]

He was truly deserving. Wish he has made it in when he was alive. But you know he sees it, and you know he's loving it. The HOF just got a little bit better with Santo.