Corridor Of Fame Pronounces Eight Names On Period Committee Poll

Dick Allen, Ken Boyer, John Donaldson, Steve Garvey, Dave Parker, Vic Harris, Tommy John and Luis Tiant have been revealed as we speak by the Corridor of Fame as this yr’s candidates on the Period Committee poll.  Mostly often called the “veterans committee,” a panel of 16 folks (comprised of former gamers, executives, sportswriters, and historians) will meet through the Winter Conferences to vote on whether or not or not any of those eight candidates will likely be elected to Cooperstown.  A minimum of 12 of 16 votes are wanted for induction, and the outcomes of the balloting will likely be revealed on December 8.

The Period Committee rotates between three swimming pools of candidates yearly — gamers from the “Modern Baseball” period of 1980 till the current, managers/executives/umpires from this similar 1980-present interval, and all people from the “Basic Baseball” period of pre-1980.  This yr’s poll targeted on the Basic Baseball period, starting from well-known MLB stars to considerably lesser-known names like Harris and Donaldson, who have been each icons of the Negro Leagues.

A number of of the candidates have appeared on Period Committee ballots prior to now, with Allen infamously falling a single vote in need of induction in each 2015 and 2021.  Harris was additionally a near-miss on the 2021 poll, touchdown 10 of the minimal 12 votes mandatory for induction to Cooperstown.

Narrowly lacking out on what’s already a second-chance poll provides to the bittersweet nature of the Period Committee.  Whereas the method has corrected many oversights from the writers’ poll, getting to those oversights typically a long time after the actual fact implies that among the inductees aren’t capable of personally get pleasure from their day of glory in Cooperstown.  Garvey, Parker, and John are the one members of this yr’s poll who’re nonetheless alive, as Tiant handed away lower than a month in the past.

The Period Committee poll is separate from the annual BBWAA poll for extra fashionable Corridor of Fame candidates, and the outcomes of the BBWAA poll will likely be revealed on January 21.  Ichiro Suzuki is a lock for induction in his first yr on that poll, and C.C. Sabathia and Felix Hernandez are two different first-timers with stable Cooperstown instances.