As a longtime member of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, Gene Myers has one of the roughly 400 ballots that will determine the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020. Myers retired in late 2015 after nearly a quarter-century as sports editor of the Detroit Free Press. His BBWAA ballot was due Dec. 31; the election results will be announced Tuesday. Players must appear on 75% of the ballots to be elected. The Free Press, as it does each year, asked Myers to comment on his ballot.
The same committee that torpedoed Lou Whitaker’s Hall of Fame candidacy last month nonetheless set the stage for an interesting bit of Michigan baseball history.