Listen "Lou Whitaker is a First-Ballot Hall of Famer"
Episode Synopsis
This rather rash statement, to some, is axiomatic to me, and I think that the numbers back up my claim. Yet, Whitaker, who played 19 seasons for the Detroit Tigers and saved some of his best seasons for last, was only on the Hall of Fame ballot once, where he received only 2.9% of all ballots cast. I make the case that the Baseball Writers Association of America snubbed Whitaker, for reasons that only the Writers know, because, in my opinion, it is the most-egregious Hall of Fame snub to date.
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Music: "Field Grass" by Sergei Pavkin
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Music: "Field Grass" by Sergei Pavkin
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