Derek Jeter, to the surprise of no one, was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
There was one somewhat surprising thing about the announcement however – he wasn’t a unanimous selection as Jeter got 396 of the 397 votes.
He will be joined by Larry Walker, who was inducted in to the HOF in the final of year that he will be on the ballot, which is cool.
The fact that guys like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens still aren’t in the HOF, however, makes this whole thing feel a really silly. But hey, two new former stars will be enshrined in Cooperstown on July 26.
MLB fans – including Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes – really want to find out who the one person was who didn’t vote for Jeter:
How is Derek Jeter not unanimous???? #BaseballHallofFame
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) January 21, 2020
Name of the one individual, please. https://t.co/8dvZApG5uu
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) January 21, 2020
It’s insane to me that every single person voted “yes” for Derek Jeter to be in the Hall of Fame except for ONE PERSON.
Their vote shouldn’t count and they should be ashamed of themselves. How do you vote that DEREK JETER shouldn’t be in the Hall of Fame?Deserved to be unanimous
— Jack “CouRage” Dunlop (@CouRageJD) January 21, 2020
If Jeter had been unanimous they would have lasered his face onto the surface of the moon in his honor, but he wasn’t, so now every baseball writer has to tweet that it’s no big deal he was a vote short.
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) January 21, 2020
Huh? Jeter was ONE vote shy of being Unanimous? ONE VOTE? Who was THAT guy? Or Gal? Reveal yorself,Sir…Or Madam…
— Mychal Thompson (@champagnennuts) January 21, 2020
Jeter was 1 vote shy of unanimous election. Who didn’t vote for #DerekJeter ??!! #HOF2020
— Heidi Watney (@HeidiWatney) January 21, 2020
Who is the one person that fumbled this….
Jeter missed being unanimous by one vote.
— Ry (@JustRyCole) January 21, 2020
Jeter would have been unanimous had he kept the Marlins home run statue.
— Jessica Kleinschmidt (@KleinschmidtJD) January 21, 2020
Derek Jeter missed unanimous by one vote.
Just wait until social media finds out who that person was.
— Chris Dixon (@cdixon25) January 21, 2020
Jeter was one vote shy of being unanimous… pic.twitter.com/iYxXQOCsym
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 21, 2020
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