First woman among 17 elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

[deadparrot]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Effa Manley became the first woman elected to the baseball Hall of Fame when the former Newark Eagles executive was among 17 people from the Negro Leagues and pre-Negro Leagues chosen Monday by a special committee.

Manley co-owned the Eagles with her husband, Abe, and ran the business end of the team for more than a decade. The Eagles won the Negro Leagues World Series in 1946 - one year before Jackie Robinson broke the major league color barrier.

Manley used the game to advance civil rights causes with events such as an Anti-Lynching Day at the ballpark. She died in 1981 at age 84.

Buck O'Neil and Minnie Minoso, the only living members among the 39 candidates on the ballot, were not elected by the 12-person panel.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/wires/02/27/2010.ap.bbo.hall.of.fame.0221/

[Call me Deacon Blues]

1. I think it's a damn shame they didn't elect Buck & Minnie

They should honor them while they're still alive. They were the only living candidates on the ballot. I'm really pissed about this.

[USA_1]

2. That's GREAT News

The Negro Leagues played superb baseball. If you look at old photos of their All Star games you would see that their attendance was actually larger than MLB's game. In fact, they played several all star games against each other with the Negro Leagues winning the majority of their matches!

What a great shame it was that these greats were not allowed in MLB.

[GrumpyGreg]

3. You mean that none of the "League of Their Own" women

were ever elected? They played and I would think that would be more important than ownership.

GWB owned a team (that says it all)