Derek Jeter gets in the Hall of Fame in his first year. Larry Walker makes it in his last.
Derek Jeter’s storied baseball career is now headed where everybody expected. And Larry Walker is headed where some — even him — never thought he’d make it.In his first year on the ballot, Jeter was elected to the Hall of Fame by voters from the Baseball Writers Association of America. The only question about Jeter was whether he’d get 100 percent of the vote like Yankees teammate Mariano Rivera did last year.
Curt Schilling was next closest with 70%, but fell just short. Players need 75% of the votes for induction. Jeter misses history by just one voteThere was no doubt that Jeter would get in, the only question was whether he’d get 100 percent of the vote, or if a voter out there would leave him off to make a point.
Walker elected in his final yearLarry Walker was hoping for a bit of final-year magic in his 10th year on the writers’ ballot. Tim Raines and Edgar Martinez had both been propelled into Cooperstown with that last-year bump in recent years. Add Walker to the list.
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