Adriรกn Beltrรฉ, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton on track for Hall of Fame election; Billy Wagner close
Adriรกn Beltrรฉ, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton appeared on track to gain election to Cooperstown on Tuesday, while Billy Wagner was likely to be right around the needed 75% threshold and Gary Sheffield was projected to fall short.
Baseball Hall gets no new members; Schilling 16 votes shy
Like many baseball writers, C. Trent Rosecrans viewed the Hall of Fame vote as a labor of love. Schilling, a right-handed ace who won three World Series titles, finished 16 votes short of the 75% threshold necessary for enshrinement. Schilling, Clemens and Bonds will be joined on next year's ballot by sluggers Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz. Schilling wrote on Facebook that he would like the veterans committee to review his Hall case. โIโll defer to the veterans committee and men whose opinions actually matter and who are in a position to actually judge a player,โ Schilling wrote.
Character concerns go beyond PEDs in this Hall of Fame vote
Like many baseball writers, C. Trent Rosecrans viewed the Hall of Fame vote as a labor of love. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)Like many baseball writers, C. Trent Rosecrans viewed the Hall of Fame vote as a labor of love. Ken Rosenthal, Rosecransโ colleague with The Athletic, began a recent column this way: โI hate my Hall of Fame ballot. So it remains up to the voters to decide how theyโll weigh off-field issues when evaluating Hall of Fame candidates. Lynn Henning, a former columnist for the Detroit News, understands what makes some of these candidates objectionable โ but he doesnโt think the Hall of Fame vote is the right forum for holding them accountable.
On this day: October 20
1996: Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves becomes the youngest player to homer in a World Series, with the 19-year-old hitting a homer off New York Yankees starting pitcher Andy Pettitte in the second inning of Game 1. He would also connect later in the game for another home run in the 12-1 Atlanta victory. Hide Caption