This is a little late, but better late than never. Congratulations to the Class of 2018 who were inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY the weekend of July 28 - 29.
I count myself fortunate to have seen all six of this year's inductees play in person.
Chipper Jones of the
Braves,
Vladimir Guerrero of the
Expos,
Jim Thome of the
Indians and
Trevor Hoffman of the
Padres all played against my beloved Cardinals and I was fortunate to be able to see all of them on several occasions at Busch Stadium II or Busch Stadium III in St. Louis. I saw
Jack Morris and
Alan Trammell of the
Tigers on a road trip to visit friends when we took in a game against the Angels in May of 1984 at old Tiger Stadium located at the corner of
Michigan & Trumbull I was also lucky enough to see Morris pitch and Trammell play shortstop against the Kansas City Royals at Kaufmann Stadium on different occasions during the 80s. All six of these men are deserving of the honor to be called Hall of Famers.
Two more men joined the Hall this year not as players but as those who describe the action of baseball. The winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Writer's Award is
Sheldon Ocker of the
Akron Beacon Journal. Joining Ocker was this year's Ford C. Frick Broadcaster's Award winner
Bob Costas. I have had the chance to listen to Costas frequently since he worked for KMOX radio in my home town. Costas went on to bigger and better things working for NBC and the MLB network calling baseball, football, basketball, hockey and the Olympics. Congratulations to Ocker and Costas!
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