NEW YORK (AP) -- Jim Thome, Vladimir Guerrero and Trevor Hoffman sat on a dais and were asked whether they would trade their new Hall of Fame memberships for a World Series title, an honor that eluded the trio during their distinguished careers
''I'm glad I didn't have to answer that one,'' Chipper Jones interjected with a big smile.
''Yeah, because you guys beat us,'' Thome quickly replied.
Baseball's four newest Hall of Famers gathered for a news conference Thursday, a day after they were elected to Cooperstown. They combined for 75 major league seasons and 29 All-Star selections yet just one championship, earned by Jones when his 1995 Atlanta Braves defeated Thome's Cleveland Indians in six games.