COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Joe Torre, Ron Santo and Gil Hodges are among 10 players on the latest Hall of Fame ballot for Veterans Committee voters.
Dick Allen, Jim Kaat and Luis Tiant are on the list, made up of major-leaguers whose careers began in 1943 or later. Tony Oliva, Al Oliver, Vada Pinson and Maury Wills also were among the candidates announced Tuesday. Voting results will be announced Dec. 8. A player needs 75 percent to be elected — the living 64 Hall members will vote.
Footnotes.
Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein, whose three-year contract expires at the end of October, is nearing an agreement on an extension.
• Blue Jays pitcher Shaun Marcum left Toronto’s game against Baltimore because of numbness in his right forearm.
• Mets left fielder Fernando Tatis left New York’s game against the Nationals in the fifth inning with a separated right shoulder.
• Brewers reliever David Riske is scheduled to have season-ending elbow surgery Tuesday.
• Mariners pitcher Erik Bedard, out since July with a tight left shoulder, will undergo surgery Friday.
• The Phillies replaced Kyle Kendrick (11-9) in the rotation for tonight’s game against the Braves with rookie left-hander J.A. Happ.
• Impressed by his outings for Taiwan in the Beijing Olympics, the Indians signed pitcher Chen-Chang Lee.
The Associated Press
