Yankees on the 2025 Classic Baseball Era HoF Ballot
A few weeks ago the Baseball Hall of Fame announced their candidates to be considered by the 2025 Classic Baseball Era Committee . As has been the case for a few years now, there are eight former players on the ballot, and this batch contains those who made their greatest contributions to baseball prior to 1980. Two of the eight are former Yankees. Just like the BBWAA election that will take place later this year, candidates need 75% of the vote from the 16-member committee in order to gain enshrinement. With each committee member limited to just four votes, this is a tall task. However, more often than not these committees elect at least one new Hall of Fame member each year. Here's hoping that when they announce the results on Dec 8th, a man whose name is attached to the most famous surgery in sports gets his due. Tommy John - Pitcher Nolan Ryan is one of just two pitchers in Major League history to pitch when he was as young as 20 years old and again when he was as old as 46. By...