Until he is told otherwise — and that announcement may be forthcoming in a few days — longtime Cardinals star Ted Simmons said he was expecting to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 26 in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Simmons, elected to the Hall by a special veterans committee last December, said he had spoken recently to Jane Forbes Clark, chairman of the Hall of Fame, and, “I’ve been told that, at present, it’s still on. That’s fluid. They haven’t altered their plans. They’re expecting a huge, huge crowd. But in the state of New York, fluidity is the password, as it relates to all things.