Class of 2018 reaches baseball immortality

Jones on meeting Mickey Mantle The members of the 2018 National Baseball Hall of Fame class spanned decades collecting Most Valuable Player awards, setting saves records, winning the biggest of games, capturing World Series titles -- and padding their Cooperstown credentials. On Sunday, they ascended together into the echelon of the game's legends.

Watch a live simulcast of MLB Network coverage as Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Jack Morris, Alan Trammell, Trevor Hoffman and Vladimir Guerrero ascend to the highest level of baseball.

This afternoon, each takes to the podium at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, N.Y., to address an expected crowd of more than 50,000 fans. Check back here for…