The Veterans Committee of baseball's Hall of Fame meets Wednesday in Tampa to consider inducting players that didn't qualify via the writers' ballots. The best candidate is Bill Mazeroski. The Pittsburgh second baseman is best known for his home run that won the 1960 World Series, but he was the best defensive second baseman of his era, which ran from 1956-72. Mazeroski, who won eight Gold Gloves, was last on the writers' ballot in 1992. Mazeroski should be in the Hall of Fame.
Defense needs to start getting recognition.
Younger brother of Joe, but was lost in the shadow. Dom hit .300 or better in four of his 11 seasons with the Boston Red Sox. He had a career hit total of 1,680 even though he lost three seasons to serve in World War II and made seven AL All-Star teams. Gil Hodges . He played in seven World Series and managed the Miracle Mets to the World Series championship in 1969.