With the MLB the season now at a close, there are plenty of other events and festivities that will occur off the field for those who are playing and those who aren’t—including the release of the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot, which earns them Hall of Fame consideration.

Eight former big league players comprise the Contemporary Baseball Era player ballot, which features candidates whose primary contribution to the game came since 1980. Older fans should compare these ballots to the Veterans Committees of yore, which inducted the likes of Phil Rizzuto and Joe Gordon long after their time on the BBWAA ballot ended.

Bobby Grich and Sal Bando are two players who belong to the Classic Baseball pool for pre-1980 players. At the same time, another former Yankee, Jorge Posada, who we

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