Examining the Credentials of the Current and Future Candidates for the Hall of Fame
Today, Jim Leyland was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as the lone inductee by the Contemporary Baseball Era Non-Players Committee. Leyland was on an eight-member ballot that included managers Lou Piniella, Davey Johnson, and Cito Gaston, executive Hank Peters, player/broadcaster/executive Bill White, and umpires Ed Montague and Joe West. On a committee […]
Sometimes it just feels right. Bill White, now 89 years old, is a current candidate to earn a plaque in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. White is one of eight candidates on the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot (non-players) for the Hall’s Class of 2024. This ballot, which […]