ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER HEARTACHE. SANTO DENIED AGAIN.By Paul Sullivan
Tribune staff reporter
February 27, 2007, 1:04 PM CST
The nine-time All-Star was denied entrance into the Hall of Fame on Tuesday in voting by the Veterans' Committee, who once again declined to allow any former major leaguers into their exclusive club.
Santo finished first on the ballot with 57 votes, five shy of the total needed to make it. Santo said last week he was keeping a low-profile on the voting this year, but added: "Let's be honest, I want this badly, mainly because (the voting) is every two years. To me, two years, because of what I have with the diabetes and (getting) older, it's like eternity. If I do get in, I'd like to enjoy it."
Santo, who turned 67 on Sunday, and said he's not interested in gaining the honor posthumously. In 2005 he tied for first on the ballot with Gil Hodges, but was still eight votes shy of induction.
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