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In it's battle to obtain documents from the University of Illinois in connection with their investigation of the Clout College Controversy, the Chicago Tribune has stumbled upon a strange example of what they allege to be shenanigans: Ron Santo. While Santo has nothing at all to do with the controversy, it seems the school blacked out Santo's name in documents it handed over to the Trib which the Trib claims "violated the spirit of the law," in terms of their investigation. According to the Tribune's story:
The conversation took place between university lobbyist Terry McLennand and Teresita Soto Plutz, a medical school official. The two bemoaned Santo's latest rejection after McLennand asked Soto for help securing a residency for a connected candidate."Okay, let me call them," Soto writes back. "Well, the hubby is unhappy that [name redacted] got overlooked again."
"Poor [name redacted]," McLennand wrote. "I had not heard, he should be in. Did your husband get tickets?"
The e-mail is dated March 2, 2005, the day Santo failed in another bid to enter Cooperstown. U. of I. spokesman Tom Hardy said the employee handling the redactions didn't know who Santo was and assumed he was a rejected student.
The Tribune has been fighting the school via the Freedom of Information Act to obtain information regarding the school's alleged "clout list."
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That's hilarious.
Seems a bit like a non-story though. I'm inclined to believe the spokesman's account. I'm sure there are legitimate shenanigans elsewhere; keep digging.
This would never happen at the University of New Mexico. Everyone's a Lobo, Woof Woof Woof!
Man, who did poor Ron Santo piss off in a former life? Sheesh. Can't get his name in the Hall of Fame, but he gets his name in this??
When it comes to the Hall of Fame, Ron Santo doesn't have a leg to stand on.
just to bring up a Chicago 3B comparison, Santo's numbers aren't that different than what Robin Ventura had, and Santo had almost 1100 more at-bats. And Robin had a hell of lot less errors.
Errors: Santo +177 vs RV
Runs: +132 vs RV
Hits: +369 vs RV
Doubles: +27 vs RV
HRs: +48 vs RV
RBIs: +149 vs RV
Avg: +.010 vs RV (.277 vs .267)
OPS: +.020 vs RV (.826 vs .806)