Comments on: Minnie Minoso’s Hall of Fame Case http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/23/minnie-minosos-hall-of-fame-case/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: daniel shulman http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/23/minnie-minosos-hall-of-fame-case/#comment-3621 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 19:16:22 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5502#comment-3621 I also saw Minoso play. He was the heart of the Chicago White Sox in the 1950s. No question racial discrimination hurt his career. He was a very exciting and excellent ball player. Just because of what he had to go through and the level at which he performed, he deserves the HOF.

]]> By: Nick Schaefer http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/23/minnie-minosos-hall-of-fame-case/#comment-3618 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:06:35 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5502#comment-3618 Thank you, Paul. I was operating off of the Baseball Reference date of birth.

While I was born long after his career ended, the White Sox traded for Minoso when my father about 8-years-old, and I believe he has been his favorite player basically since then.

]]> By: pauls121 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/23/minnie-minosos-hall-of-fame-case/#comment-3602 Sun, 29 Jan 2017 16:01:55 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5502#comment-3602 Minoso was born in 1924, not 1926. He was probably the first Latin player who’s birth year was inaccurately recorded. This makes his major league career even more impressive. His 1947 season with the New York Cubans was one of the greatest professional seasons of any baseball player. See one of my many posts on Minnie http://www.waxingamerica.com/baseball_minnie_minoso/

I saw him play. Besides the triples, the steals and the HBP (his concussion in 1956 – I think that was the year- was devastating), Minnie caught in a run down was one of the most exciting moments in the game.

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