GIL HODGES---THE QUIET MAN--A QUIET HERO
THIS IS A QUEST BY CONCERNED BROOKLYN DODGER FANS TO HAVE GIL HODGES ELECTED TO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME BY THE VETERANS COMMITTEE IN COOPERSTOWN IN FEBRUARY, 2009(BALLOT GOES OUT 12/2008) THUS CORRECTING A GREAT OVERSIGHT AND OMISSION. ****(REMEMBER GIL 4/4/1924--4/2/1972)***********>>>>>>>>>
*********BASEBALL'S HALL OF FAME COULD HAVE MADE A GREAT CHOICE FOR THESE TIMES BY HONORING GIL HODGES A MAN OF QUIET STRENGTH AND DIGNITY. TOO BAD IT DIDN'T--BARRON'S>2/28/2003*************###############
WRITE TO LA DODGERS TO RETIRE GIL'S #14 ON 8/28/2005 WHEN THE 50TH ANNIV . OF 1955 BROOKLYN BUMS IS CELEBRATED. FRANK MCCOURT IS CHAIRMAN AND TOMMY LASORDA IS VP--PASS THE WORD-WRITE LA DODGERS 1000 ELYSIAN AVE LOS ANGELES CA 90012**********#############
1966 TOPPS BASEBALL CARD STATES ****************
"ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR MEN IN BASEBALL, GIL EPITOMIZES THE COURAGE, SPORTSMANSHIP AND INTEGRITY OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE PASTIME."
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COOPERSTOWN SELECTS INDIVIDUALS BASED UPON 1-PLAYER'S ABILITY 2-INTEGRITY 3-SPORTSMANSHIP 4-CHARACTER 5-CONTRIBUTION TO TEAM PLAYED WITH.!!!!!!!!!
THESE FIVE QUALITIES PERSONIFY GIL----SO LETS COMPLETE THE BEST HALL DOUBLE PLAY#######
REESE----ROBINSON--------HODGES
FLATBUSH FAITHFUL- QUEST FOR THE QUIET MAN
WALL STREET JOURNAL>2/28/2003>"THE STATISTICAL ARGUMENTS FOR THIS EIGHT-TIME ALL-STAR SLUGGER WITH A GLOVE OF GOLD HAVE BEEN HASHED AND REHASHED MANY TIMES. BUT THE HALL OF FAME IS NOT JUST ABOUT NUMBERS. ITS RULES PLAINLY STATE THAT IN ADDITION TO ATHLETIC ABILITY, MEMBERSHIP IS ALSO TO BE MEASURED AGAINST INTEGRITY, SPORTSMANSHIP, CHARACTER AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TEAM. IN ALL THESE CATEGORIES GIL HODGES, A DECORATED MARINE VETERAN OF GUADALCANAL, IS IN A LEAGUE ALL HIS OWN. ON 8-17-2007 THE MARINE CORPS ELECTED GIL INTO THEIR SPORTS HALL OF FAME**************
BROOKLYN DODGERS HALL OF FAME C/O MARTY ADLER .THIS LETTER NOW ON INTERNET FREE ALONG WITH MANY OTHER GREAT BROOKLYN DODGER NEWS.
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--WE LOVED THE BROOKLYN DODGERS...and we STILL DO!!!!!! WE ARE URGING THE NEW 85 MEMBER VETERANS COMMITTEE TO ELECT GIL HODGES DECEMBER,2006 AS GIL'S TIME IS LONG OVERDUE ****************************************
AUTHOR OF THIS WEB SITE*******
e-mail>bklynbum14@hotmail.com**********
Joe D'Agostin>Norwalk,CT.**********
UPDATED 07/27/2007
NEW VETERAN COMMITTEE RULES
THE NEW RULES NOW ALLOW VET COMMITTEE ELECTION EVERY OTHER YEAR BEGINNING IN 2003. THUS NO VET HAS BEEN ELECTED IN 2003,2005 OR 2007. NEXT BALLOT DECEMBER,2008 FOR MARCH,2009 ELECTION. GIL AND RON SANTO CAME UP 8 VOTES SHORT IN 2005. THIS NEW FORMAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT MAYBE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO GET ELECTED. THREE OF THE 83 VOTERS VOTED FOR NO ONE--REGGIE JACKSON AND MIKE SCHMIDT ARE TWO OF THE THREE COSTING CANDIDATES 2 VOTES BECAUSE NON VOTERS COUNT IN OVERALL TALLY. A BALLOT IS ESTABLISHED IN DECEMBER 2008 WITH ABOUT 25 PLAYERS NOMINATED. THE SPECIFIC RULES ARE NOTED ON THE HALL OF FAME WEB SITE WHICH I HAVE LINKED AT MY OTHER WEB SITES BELOW AND SUMMARIZED IN THE NEXT SECTION. WE MUST STILL WRITE TO AS MANY IF NOT ALL THE 85 MEMBERS TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF GIL'S BASEBALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS. TO RECEIVE PERTINENT INFORMATION ON GIL SEE LINKS BELOW OR E-MAIL
JOE D'AGOSTIN AT bklynbum14@hotmail.com************
GIL HODGES BELONGS IN COOPERSTOWN IN 2009.*************** ***************************************************************************
"SPEAKING OF CONSISTENCY, IT'S MIND-BOGGLING THAT GIL HODGES HAD MORE RBI DURING THE '50s THAN ANY OTHER PLAYER BUT REMAINS OUTSIDE THE HALL OF FAME">>>>BILL MAZEROSKI'S 1999 BASEBALL MAGAZINE PAGE 3 *******************************************
COOPERSTOWN DIRECT ADDRESS
THERE ARE 85 MEMBERS OF THE VETERANS COMMITTEE (DETAIL LIST AT HALL OF FAME WEB SITE) INCLUDING ERNIE BANKS,WHITEY FORD,MONTE IRVIN,DON SUTTON,RALPH KINER,WILLIE MAYS,PHIL RIZZUTO,SANDY KOUFAX,YOGI BERRA, STAN MUSIAL, TOMMY LASORDA,VIN SCULLY, DUKE SNIDER, ALLEN LEWIS, EARL WEAVER, JEROME HOLTZMAN, ERNIE HARWELL,SPARKY ANDERSEN,JOHN MCHALE, JUAN MARICHAL, HANK AARON,TOM SEAVER. (64 VOTES-75% NEEDED >>----
WRITE DIRECT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL AT THE
NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME VETERANS COMMITTEE:ATTN:>>MEMBER NAME
25 MAIN STREET, PO BOX 590
COOPERSTOWN NY 13326-0590
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