Jimmy Sez

After the small committee elections this past fall, the Baseball Hall of Fame will welcome six new - and long overdue - members next year. The more traditional BBWAA election is happening currently which could potentially add to that class. There are some players on this year's ballot who have come tantalizingly close to election in recent years and are looking at their last shot at enshrinement through the BBWAA. From a pure baseball perspective, these players would have been elected long ago, but suspected PED use and/or public controversies have kept Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling out of Cooperstown thus far. Joining them this year for the first time is Alex Rodriguez, who is likely to suffer the same fate as the aforementioned trio. More to come on his case in a future post. In the meantime, we'll cover some other former Yankees present on the ballot. Joining Rodriguez as a first-timer on the ballot is Mark Teixeira, who spent the majority of his career in ...

This weekend the Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the results of the votes held by the Early Baseball Era and Golden Days Era Committees this fall. These are two of the four time period-based committees that give players who may have been overlooked in the more traditional baseball writers vote a second chance at enshrinement in Cooperstown. The Early Baseball Era vote is especially intriguing as seven of the ten players eligible this year are former Negro League stars. As Negro League players are severely underrepresented in the Hall of Fame currently, this is a great opportunity to add players who will help tell a more complete story about baseball history. The main focus here, though, will be the former New York Yankees present on these ballots. In all, there are four players across these two groups who spent at least part of their career in pinstripes. For each nominee, if 12 members of their respective 16-person committee vote yes, they will get a plaque in Cooperstown. With c...