ATLANTA -- Now that Alan Trammell and Harold Baines have been elected to the Hall of Fame via the Era Committee process, Dale Murphy certainly has more reason to look forward to next December, when he may finally receive the honor Braves fans have long felt he deserves.
Murphy will almost certainly be back on the Modern Era Committee's ballot that will be voted on during next year's Winter Meetings. The 16-member committee will be different than the one that elected Baines and Trammell the past two years. But their elections have seemingly strengthened the argument for Murphy, who proved to be better than these two Hall of Famers and most every other player during the 1980s.