The Captain is on deck.
With Mariano Rivera officially elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame — the first ever to gain unanimous selection on the writers’ ballot — he won’t be lonely for long when it comes to Core Four representation in Cooperstown. Next year’s freshman class of candidates will be headlined by Derek Jeter.
“I hope definitely Derek will be there next year,” Rivera said Tuesday night in a conference call. “Andy [Pettitte] and Jorge [Posada], to me that would be the greatest moment of my life, knowing those guys would be there, too.