NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Fifty years after ending his days as a teacher to enter the baseball world, John Schuerholz has been honored with the privilege of being immortalized alongside the game's other legends who have received the exclusive call to Cooperstown.
Schuerholz received the message he was seeking early Sunday evening, when he was informed he and former Commissioner Bud Selig had been elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame, courtesy of the Today's Game Era ballot.
While Selig was included on 15 of the 16 ballots cast, Schuerholz was elected unanimously, providing further indication of the impact he has made since he walked away from the teaching profession to join the hometown Orioles as a low-level member of their baseball operations department.