Packed Hall of Fame veterans ballot likely to snub some worthy players

Next Monday, the Baseball Hall of Fame is expected to release the latest ballot for its Modern Baseball Era Committee, which considers players, managers, umpires and executives who made their greatest contribution to the game between 1970 and 1987.

Next Monday, the Baseball Hall of Fame is expected to release the latest ballot for its Modern Baseball Era Committee, which considers players, managers, umpires and executives who made their greatest contribution to the game between 1970 and 1987.

One flap down: Remembering Jeffrey Leonard’s incredible, unusual 1987 NLCS

It wasn’t so much that Jeffrey Leonard put up gaudy numbers for a losing team in the 1987 NLCS. It was the manner in which Leonard hit those home runs, cranking moon shots and then lumbering around the bases deliberately slowly to play mind games wit…

It wasn’t so much that Jeffrey Leonard put up gaudy numbers for a losing team in the 1987 NLCS. It was the manner in which Leonard hit those home runs, cranking moon shots and then lumbering around the bases deliberately slowly to play mind games with the Cardinals.

Yadier Molina is a clear Hall of Famer to Cardinals pitchers

By sabermetrics, longtime Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina would appear to have an uncertain Hall of Fame case. Not that any of this matters to Molina’s manager or the pitchers he catches.

By sabermetrics, longtime Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina would appear to have an uncertain Hall of Fame case. Not that any of this matters to Molina’s manager or the pitchers he catches.