The 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot Has Been Announced. Who's In?

At 12:00 p.m. EST, The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced the players that were placed on the ballots sent to the members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA).  There are 24 players making their debut (highlighted in bold), so along with thirteen players who met the criteria in last year's HOF balloting, that means 37 players are on this year's ballot.  The players (with years on ballot and % of ballots in the 2012 election):

• Sandy Alomar Jr.
• Jeff Bagwell, 3rd, 56.0%
• Craig Biggio
• Barry Bonds
• Jeff Cirillo
• Royce Clayton
• Roger Clemens
• Jeff Conine
• Steve Finley
• Julio Franco
• Shawn Green
• Roberto Hernandez

• Ryan Klesko
• Kenny Lofton
• Edgar Martinez, 4th, 36.5%
• Don Mattingly, 13th, 17.8%
• Fred McGriff, 4th, 23.9%
• Mark McGwire, 7th, 19.5%
• Jose Mesa
• Jack Morris, 14th, 66.7%
• Dale Murphy, 15th, 14.5%
• Rafael Palmeiro, 3rd, 12.6%
• Mike Piazza
• Tim Raines, 6th, 48.7%

• Reggie Sanders
• Curt Schilling
• Aaron Sele
• Lee Smith, 11th, 50.6%
• Sammy Sosa
• Mike Stanton
• Alan Trammell, 12th, 36.8%
• Larry Walker, 3rd, 22.9%
• Todd Walker
• David Wells
• Rondell White
• Bernie Williams, 2nd, 9.6%
• Woody Williams

Who do you think will be inducted into Cooperstown in 2013? Good luck to all.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama