This thread is so unbelievable because I was going to start a thread this week about the idea of Net54 members petitioning the Hall of Fame on this exact subject.
Over the past six months, I have written two letters to the president of the National Baseball HOF, Jeff Idelson, imploring him to reconvene a special committee to examine Negro League player induction. The first and only time it met was back in 2006 when they inducted 12 players and five executives, spanning a nearly one hundred year period. These two letters have been met with silence.
Jeff Idelson was then quoted last year by Sporting News that that was the only time they were going to open the gates of Cooperstown to Negro League players. Needless to say I was incensed and now ask all of you who are interested to bombard Mr. Idelson with "strongly-worded" letters of disapproval and outrage.
Here is his contact info:
Mr. Jeff Idelson
President
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
25 Main Street
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Thank you all for your support and to have this great sport finally recognize the achievements of these men!
Scott Segal
Last edited by Scocs; 01-23-2017 at 09:41 PM.
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