Back in the day, when Larry Walker was the sultan of swing in LoDo, he strode to the plate with Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train” reverberating throughout Coors Field.
Now, with Cooperstown as his ultimate destination, Walker is riding the crazy train again.
Just a few years ago, his candidacy appeared to be going off the rails, but as the former Rockies right fielder enters his final two years of eligibility for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he’s gaining steam.
Candidates need 75 percent of the vote to make it and he’s on track to get upwards of 60 percent when results are announced Jan.