The Hall of Fame announced its newest electees Tuesday — Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and Rockies/Expos/Cardinals outfielder Larry Walker were chosen — but the ones who made it in aren’t the biggest stories around these parts.
No, the biggest, most important angle of this round of Cooperstown voting revolves around Bobby Abreu, the very inspiration for this blog’s inception. Abreu, who played with the Phillies from 1998 until his trade to the Yankees in 2006, received 22 votes from Baseball Writers of Association members in his first year of eligibility.