For the fourth time, the late Yankee owner
George Steinbrenner failed to garner enough votes to be inducted into the
National Baseball Hall Of Fame at Cooperstown, New York.
"The Boss" reportedly got
fewer than five votes for enshrinement from the 16-member
Today’s Game Committee. Both former Red Sox closer
Lee Smith (unanimous) and former White Sox DH
Harold Baines got the requisite number of votes to be inducted next summer. Maybe Steinbrenner's two suspensions by MLB Commissioners had something to do with the snub. Do you recall the
reasons for those suspensions? Well, here you go: 1.) illegal contributions to
Richard Nixon’s re-election campaign in 1972; 2.) paying to dig up 'dirt' on his
own player
Dave Winfield.
Nice guy.
