Not Deacon BLUE. I said DEACON WHITE !!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

‘Deacon’ finally gets into the Hall of Fame

James “Deacon” White, a Caton native who was one of professional baseball’s star players back in the 19th century and is considered a pioneer of the game, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame this week.

White, who died in 1939, will be enshrined during the Hall’s annual induction weekend ceremonies in July in Cooperstown.

White was one of three baseball legends selected from among 10 finalists by the Hall’s Pre-Integration Era Committee, a group that includes former players, executives, media and historians. They are responsible for picking inductees from the era that spans from 1871 to 1946.

The committee met and voted this week at baseball’s winter meetings in Nashville, Tenn.

Along with White, the committee also elected Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert and umpire Hank O’Day. Ruppert bought the Yankees in 1915, purchased Babe Ruth from the Red Sox and built Yankee Stadium, and his teams won seven World Series.

Many baseball observers have said White’s induction was overdue, as many other stars of his era had already been inducted.

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