New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said being elected to the Baseball Hall o...
- New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday was a humbling experience one that was made a little more so when the 14-time All-Star fell one vote shy of being a unanimous selection.
Jeter, who helped the Yankees to five World Series titles, had been considered a slam dunk to be named to the Hall in his first year of eligibility and widely expected to join Rivera as a unanimous pick. In voting conducted by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Jeter was named on 396 of 397 ballots . Also voted in was Canadian slugger Larry Walker who received 304 votes .“Well, I look at all the votes that I got and it takes a lot of votes to get elected into the Hall of Fame and trying to get that many people to agree on something is pretty difficult to do,” said Jeter, dismissing the one wayward ballot.
One New Yorker, who is also focused on votes these days, former New York City mayor and U.S. presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg praised Jeter as “classy and clutch” in a tweet while also laying bare his bewilderment at the one missing vote.
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