It’s that time of year again. Temperatures are dropping, the desire to stay indoors is growing, and baseball writers are getting preemptively testy on some corner of the internet. On Monday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame released their 2021 ballot, opening up debate that will last months until on the results are unveiled on January 26th.
Since the 2020 Hall of Fame ceremonies were postponed a year due to COVID-19, anyone inducted in 2021 will be joined on the podium in Cooperstown by last year’s honorees (Derek Jeter, Larry Walker Ted Simmons, and someone representing Marvin Miller).