What comes Wednesday figures to be an indication rather than a coronation for Mariners icon Edgar Martinez when the National Baseball Hall of Fame announces its voting results.
That’s not all bad.
Martinez, at 54, currently serves as the Mariners’ hitting coach, but the attention Wednesday will focus on his anticipated climb in the Hall balloting conducted among qualified members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
Even Martinez admits, after displaying indifferent attention in previous years, that he’s interested in seeing the results, which will be announced at 3 p.m. on MLB Network.