Right from the start, it was clear that this was going to be a close-fought battle for the spot, between Henry “Hank” Aaron and Ted Williams, with neither man ever able to hold an edge of more than a couple of votes, before being reeled back in. Going into Sunday, it was all to play for, and as I hovered over the “Close poll” option, any last-minute Larry would have provided the deciding vote. But at 5 pm yesterday, the tallies were exactly even. I initially thought about casting a deciding vote, which would have required much agonizing on my part.