Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Capping Career With Cardinals, Larry Walker A Hall Of Famer

Two former Cardinals players will be enshrined in Cooperstown, N.Y., this summer.
St. Louis Official Site

The St. Louis Cardinals congratulate former Redbirds outfielder Larry Walker who earned selection today to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Walker joined Derek Jeter among the players who received the necessary 75 percent of all ballots cast by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA).
St. Louis Official Site

A legend famous for how high he jumped at his position and an all-around great who had to fight the perception altitude was the reason for his aptitude will join Ted Simmons in Cooperstown, N.Y., as part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame's class of 2020.
Birdland

The timeframe Larry Walker had been told to be ready Tuesday for a phone call that would change his life had “come and gone,” he said, and he was to about walk back inside his house, believing he was out of the running for baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Post-Dispatch

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