Larry Walker is riding a wave of momentum that could land him in Cooperstown, if not in 2019, then quite possibly in 2020. If it happens, he would become the first Rockies player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
As of Wednesday, Walker had received votes on 66 percent of the ballots that had been made public (162 of 412, or 39.3 percent), according to tabulations by Hall of Fame tracker Ryan Thibodaux. The tide has turned quickly for Walker, who played for the Rockies from 1995 through part of 2004 before he was traded to St.