SAN FRANCISCO -- Omar Vizquel commanded attention, much as he did as a Giants shortstop, in his first year on baseball's Hall of Fame ballot.
Vizquel received 156 of 422 votes cast by tenured members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, as announced Wednesday on MLB Network. He can appear on the ballot for as many as nine more years, giving him ample opportunity to hike his 37 percent share of the vote to the 75 percent that's required for induction.
As for the other candidates with significant Giants ties, Barry Bonds inched closer to Cooperstown, though his recent momentum stalled.