Add the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s induction to the coronavirus pandemic’s cancellations.
The Hall announced Wednesday that its Board of Directors, which includes Cardinals Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith and chairman Bill DeWitt, Jr., had decided unanimously to scrub this year’s induction ceremony, scheduled for July 26 at Cooperstown N.Y., and roll it into next year’s ceremony slated for July 25, 2021.
Among those who will have to wait for his official induction, even though he already is a Hall of Famer, is former Cardinals star catcher Ted Simmons, elected to the Hall last December by a special veterans’ committee.