After falling short in his first seven times on veterans committee ballots, Miller received 12-of-16 votes from this year’s 16-man modern committee, exactly the 75 per cent required. “The Hall of Fame is called the Hall of Fame and Museum. Imagine a museum of baseball without Marvin Miller in it,” former union chief operating officer Gene Orza said. Miller and Simmons will be inducted into Cooperstown, N.Y., during ceremonies on July 26 along with any players chosen next month by the BBWAA from a ballot headed by former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. Now 70, Simmons received 17-of-456 votes in 1994, falling shy of the five per cent threshold to remain on the ballot.

Source: thestar December 09, 2019 02:15 UTC