Barry Larkin

Mike Piazza (credit: Ezra Shaw /Getty Images), Craig Biggio (credit: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Hartnett: Hall Of Fame Voters Got It Wrong With Piazza, Biggio

There wasn’t a positive drug test or smoking syringe implicating them. They weren’t dragged in front of committees on Capitol Hill to explain themselves, and their names haven’t been tarnished by clubhouse trainers.

2013/01/10

Barry Larkin #11 of the Cincinnati Reds (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

Barry Larkin Elected To Hall Of Fame

The shortstop received 86 percent of the vote in balloting announced Monday by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, well above the necessary 75 percent. Larkin was on the ballot for the third time after falling 75 votes short last year.

2012/01/09

No Shoo-Ins For Baseball Hall Of Fame, But Larkin Has Best Shot

Larkin received 51.6 percent of the votes when he appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time in 2010, then got 62.1 percent last year.

WFAN–2012/01/09

Bernie Williams (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)

Former Yankee Bernie Williams Top Newcomer On Hall Of Fame Ballot

Former AL batting champions Bernie Williams and Bill Mueller are among 13 newcomers on baseball’s 2012 Hall of Fame ballot, joining top holdovers Barry Larkin, Jack Morris, Lee Smith and Jeff Bagwell.

2011/11/30

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