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Ron Santo is one of the Hall of Fame's most glaring omissions. He's the kind of guy who's been overlooked thanks to his position, his success in non-traditional areas, and the curse of being stuck on some truly terrible 1960's Cubs teams. Santo should be in, and it's a shame he's had to wait 20 years for it.

That might be happening soon. According to the Chicago Sun-Times (via BBTF) the Hall of Fame voting will be different this year -- instead of selecting 10 names from 20-25 and shooting for 75 percent, voters will vote both in the initial vote and then again for the top ten names. Because Santo has been the leading non-Hall vote getter for years, his chances of making it in a smaller field sound pretty good.

What's ironic about this is the man leading the charge: Joe Morgan. Joe knows Santo's case is partially based in his OBP and slugging percentage, right? But those are funny acronyms! OPS? Pshhhh!