This year, veteran ballplayers Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg were admitted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Both infielders had played for at least 10 seasons, been retired for at least 5 years, and received 75 percent of the votes cast by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) to earn a place in the elite institution.
In a 1996 Washington Post article, veteran player Tony Perez declared, “I think it’s getting harder and harder every year to get into the Hall of Fame.
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