More Dodgers frustration in Hall vote
Dodgers Gil Hodges (61 percent), Maury Wills (40.2) and Don Newcombe (20.7) were among the top seven vote-getters in the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee balloting announced Tuesday -- but none of the candidates got the 75 percent needed for enshrinement (see mlb.com coverage and the full results by clicking here).
Among non-players, the late Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley (44.4) and former Dodgers and Angels general manager Buzzie Bavasi (37.0) were among the top four -- but here, too, nobody hit the magic number.
Since their eligibility for the writers' ballot expired long ago, Wills, Newcombe and fans of the late Hodges have anticipated this day each year with the hope the Dodgers greats will be honored.
Wait 'til next year?