World Series-winning skipper Baker up for Hall on Contemporary Baseball Era Ballot

The National Baseball Hall of Fame has revealed the eight candidates on the Contemporary Baseball Era ballot for managers, executives, and umpires. The ballot features Sandy Alderson, Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Joe Maddon, Lou Piniella, Brian Sabean, the late Ted Turner, and Bill White. Candidates require at least 75 percent of the vote from a 16-member panel to be elected, with results scheduled to be announced on December 6.

The ballot highlights major baseball figures from recent decades, including four World Series-winning managers in Baker, Bochy, Maddon, and Piniella. Executive nominees include long-time front-office leaders Alderson and Sabean, former Braves owner Turner, and former National League president White, who made history as the first Black president of a major North American sports league.