Minnie Minoso: Hall of Famer

House of L podcast

Laurence W. Holmes

Sports, History

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Laurence celebrates the life and career of Minnie Minoso, with a conversation with Minnie's youngest son, Charlie. We also hear from Minnie's oldest son, Orestes about his Hall of Fame credentials.

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0:00.0	Yo, man, this is a joyous episode of the House of L podcast.
0:22.0	I'm Lawrence.
0:23.0	Thanks so much for hanging out here with me.
0:27.5	Got the news last night that many menoso is going to the hall of fame.
0:38.5	Man is really good news to to hear that because and I'll make the case for him from a baseball
0:47.0	standpoint.
0:48.0	If you want, you know, career war of 54 career on base of 387 OPS of 848, I mean, he has
1:00.6	all of the baseball credentials that one needs the longevity aspect of it and playing in
1:07.3	a bunch of different decades from the 40s until the 80s.
1:14.0	The guy did whatever you needed, multiple all stars, multiple gold gloves.
1:22.1	The fact that he hadn't been in the hall of fame, it's hard to believe.
1:32.4	It's really, really hard to believe.
1:35.8	World series, like everything that you want from a player, he's got him.
1:43.2	I'm so happy that the legends committee put him in.
1:48.1	I would have wished that the Dick Allen would have gotten into.
1:52.0	He missed by one vote.
1:54.6	But the fact that many menoso got in really did my heart well, like hearing that and
2:01.6	hearing and knowing a little bit of the story of his family.
2:05.0	I don't profess to know everything, but I've over the last few months.
2:12.0	I've been trying to lend my voice to the choir of people that have said that this man
2:17.9	deserves to be in the hall of fame.
2:21.3	When you start thinking about the cultural aspect of many menoso too, where you hear people
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