With the shift of today’s Cubs game from 1:20 p.m. CT to 7:05 p.m. CT, I’ve got a bit of time to examine some news that came out of baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown this morning.
To wit:
Highlighting these changes is a consolidation of eras into two timeframes – the Contemporary Baseball Era, consisting of the period from 1980 to present day, and the Classic Baseball Era, consisting of the period prior to 1980 and including Negro Leagues and pre-Negro Leagues stars. The Contemporary Baseball Era will split into two separate ballots – one ballot to consider only players who made their greatest impact on the game since 1980, and another composite ballot consisting of managers, executives and umpires whose greatest contributions to the game have come since 1980.