Former Cardinals Garner Enough Hall Support For Another Look

John Smoltz, who garnered the last of his 213 career wins in St. Louis, where he closed out his 21-year career, will be enshrined in Cooperstown's National Baseball Hall of Fame in July as one of four players to be named on at least 75 percent of the ballots cast by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
St. Louis Official Site

Lefthander Randy Johnson, righthanders Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz and infielder Craig Biggio all were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in voting announced Tuesday afternoon by the Hall.
Post-Dispatch

Former Cardinals' reliever John Smoltz has been elected into the MLB Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
KMOV

Larry Walker, the best position player to ever come out of Canada, didn’t come close to garnering enough votes to earn entry in the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
Vancouver Sun

Three pitchers who combined to win nine Cy Young Awards and a member of Major League Baseball’s 3,000 Hit Club were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in balloting by the BBWAA verified by Ernst & Young. There were 549 Baseball Writers from around the country who cast their votes including Rob Rains and 11 other writers from the St. Louis area.
STL Sports Page (Audio)

Those who have had the pleasure to appreciate John Smoltz's competitive nature understand why he has always seemingly been at his best when he felt the odds were stacked against him.
Atlanta Official Site

After all the speeches have been spoken and the endless applause has quieted so that the last "attaboys" are audible, the newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame gather for a members-only, Sunday evening dinner with those enshrined in previous years.
Atlanta Official Site

Large Lee got another large rebuff.
Chicago-N Official Site

Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in a blockbuster vote by the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday. The three pitchers were voted in their first time on the ballot, while Biggio was selected in his third year.
Colorado Official Site