There is a long way from here to there, but if Carlos Beltran were able to stay Mets manager from now through the 2023 season he could join a rare class with Yogi Berra and Frank Robinson.
Berra and Robinson are the only Hall of Famers elected as players and enshrined while they were major league managers (Connie Mack, in 1937, went in as part of the second class ever, but for his work as a manager while he was managing).
Berra had been elected in January 1972 along with Sandy Koufax and Early Wynn. On Easter Sunday, Mets manager Gil Hodges died of a heart attack and Berra was named to succeed him a few days later, just before the season began.