Hall of Fame Takes Another Swing at an Underappreciated Era

Baseball’s winter meetings are all about the future — players changing teams, leagues changing rules — except for the first order of business. On Sunday night in San Diego, a committee of executives, historians and former players will announce its verdict on the 10 candidates it is considering for the Hall of Fame.

One candidate is Marvin Miller, the pioneering union leader; another is Thurman Munson, the Yankees catcher who died in a plane crash in 1979; and a third is Tommy John, a standout lefty before and after the groundbreaking elbow surgery that came to bear his name.

The seven others are position players with at least one thing in common: They all faced Ron Darling, the Mets broadcaster who pitched in both leagues from 1983, when Dale Murphy and Ted Simmons started in the All-Star Game, to 1995, when Don Mattingly and Lou Whitaker retired. Murphy, Simmons, Mattingly and Whitaker are up for election this weekend, with Dwight Evans, Steve Garvey and Dave Parker rounding out a fascinating ballot.

Source: The New York Times

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