At least two former New York Yankees closers will be enshrined in Cooperstown in the summer of 2019. Alright, alright, that’s a bit of a stretch. The Today’s Game Era Committee voted a unanimous 16 votes for Lee Smith and a minimum 12 for Harold Baines, ensuring both a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The selections are dubious but if you’re a Don Mattingly or Bernie Williams fan, there’s still hope.
During the days before Mariano Rivera, the Yankees bullpen flanked by the likes of Steve Farr, Bob Wickman, and Steve Howe, was hunting down the Toronto Blue Jays in 1993 and acquired Smith from the St.