Winter meetings update: Oliva just misses. More Twins pitching targets

Jane Forbes Clark, Chairman of the Board of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, first announced on Monday that no one had been elected to The Hall by the Veterans Committee. Not a surprise there. The Veterans Committee has been a tough nut to crack.

Then Clark announced the vote totals. A collective groan filled the interview area when she said that Tony Oliva and Dick Allen finished with 11 votes each.

The Veterans Committee is a 16-member group that is allowed to vote to up to four candidates on a 10-player ballot. So a candidate needs to get 12 votes (or 75 percent) to be elected.

Losing by one vote is a bad beat.

And Jim Kaat finished with 10 votes, two shy of election. Ugh....

TWINS PITCHING TARGETS

Add to more names to the list of pitchers the Twins are interested in.

The other is righthander Dustin McGowan, who was 5-3, 4.17 in 53 games (eight starts) with the Blue Jays last season.

If the Twins sign Ondrusek, it might be to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training.