It's that time of year in Major League Baseball. After free agency dies down, the focus shifts from those searching for a new contract to an entirely different group: those who are retired and now hope to achieve baseball's greatest honor of being placed in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Last year, Andre Dawson made his way into the hall in his ninth time on the ballot, as Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar fell just short. Whitey Herzog was put in as a manager, and Doug Harvey was put in as an umpire as well. Jeff Bagwell, Larry Walker, Juan Gonzalez and Kevin Brown are among the first-timers on the ballot this year, to go with holdovers that include Edgar Martinez, Alan Trammell and Barry Larkin.
Who will join executive Pat Gillick in the Hall of Fame in 2011? Who got snubbed, and who got far more votes than they should have? Will B.J. Surhoff get a vote to put him in Cooperstown, for that matter? Stay tuned, as the announcement is imminent.
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