As BarryLarkin and the family of Ron Santo enjoy their Cooperstown induction ceremonies, McCarver picks up the Ford Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting.
In what can be gently described as a lackluster ballot highlighted by a handful of legitimate borderline candidates and a couple of steroid-tainted cheaters, the Baseball Writers Association of America have finally opened the pearly gates to the hallowed halls of Cooperstown for BarryLarkin in his third year of eligibility.