Mike Mussina seems to be gaining quickly in the Hall of Fame voting. This is his fifth year on the ballot, and he looks ready to take another pretty big leap forward. Live coverage of the 2018 Hall of Fame announcement begins Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET on MLB Network, simulcast live on MLB.com, with the electees named at 6. If Mussina's momentum holds, and it probably will, he should get elected in the next two or three years.
But why is it taking so long?
Enter: Gaylord Perry.
In 1989, a pretty big thing happened in Hall of Fame voting: Perry came on the ballot for the first time.