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For anyone who really knows baseball history, it should come as no surprise that Joe Torre is among the 13 players who are ballot for inclusion in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Fan favorites Ron Santo and the great Gil Hodges also in the batter's box to enter the Hall of Fame this year in the latest baseball news. This time out, I don't want to talk about the latest baseball trade rumors, the foibles of major league baseball players like Barry Bonds. No, in this blog, I'd like to celebrate the career of Joe Torre, who, it must be acknowledged, is one of the all-time greats at playing America's Game: Baseball. I think he deserves to be included in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and I hope the 64 living Hall of Famers who get to vote agree with me, or at least 75% of them, because that's how much of the vote that Torre will need in order to take his rightful place in the Hall of Fame, alongside giants like Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Joe Dimaggio, and all the other greats. If Torre does get in, it could be because of his skills as a manager in addition to his chops as a working ball player. Torre was certainly no slouch as a player, earning a berth on the All-Star team nine times. In 1971, the great Torred hit a career highlight when he was named Most Valuable Player. Overall, his batting average was a respectable .297 with 252 career home runs, and 1,185 RBI's in an 18 year career.
        Although Joe Torre now makes the latest baseball news managing the L.A. Dodgers, while he was in the dugout for the Yankees, he led his pinstriped wonders to four World Series Championships, thereby assuring his place in major league baseball history. So as much as anyone who has ever been among America's major league baseball players, I think Joe Torre deserves his place in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Of course, I don't mean to disrespect Ron Santo and Gil Hodges by going like this about Joe Torre. After all, they each made their own contributions to major league baseball history, but I really feel like this year should be Joe Torre's year. Congratulations, Joe! I'm rooting for you. May you be around to continue making major league baseball history for many, many years to come.