Tuesday evening saw the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announce the 2020 Hall of Fame inductees. This year we’ll see two additions in Cooperstown. The 1997 National League MVP Larry Walker snuck in, being included on 77.6% of the ballots, while long-term Red Sox nemesis Derek Jeter turned out just one vote shy of becoming the first unanimous position player to enter the Hall.
Jeter’s old teammate Mariano Rivera became the first unanimous player just last year. However, both Walker and Jeter are now immortalized in baseball folk-lore as they increase the membership of Cooperstown to 133.