Ron Santo Is Elected to the Hall of Fame: Too Late for the Chicago Cubs Great

I listened with bittersweet emotion as I heard the news this morning that the Chicago Cubs great third baseman Ron Santo was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. While he obviously deserved it, he should have been elected years ago when he was alive and could have enjoyed it.

To be voted in posthumously was something he said he never wanted.

I remember throughout the years listening to the radio waiting to hear the voting and see if Ron finally made it in. He never did, and then the reporters would interview him and you could see the disappointment written all over his face.

He wasn't good at hidin...

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