Pitcher Tom Glavine of the New York Mets was trying for his 300th victory.
Morris will be joined on next year's ballot by Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, both 300-game winners.
But stellar pitching has been a hallmark of the organization since the days of Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz.
Tom Glavine (305) and Randy Johnson (303) will be surefire first ballot Hall of Famers when they become eligible in 2014 and 2015.
Forty-one-year-old Tom Glavine missed his chance at a milestone last night.
On the brink of 300 at a recent press conference, Glavine put his quest into what has become a depressing context for many players and fans.
The HOF cupboard is not likely to be this barren in 2014 with Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Mike Mussina and Jeff Kent to be among the first-timers on the ballot.
The fact that no one was voted in this year could muddle the ballot for 2014, when pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux will be added to the ballot, as will slugger Frank Thomas.
The Rays have lost Price's four starts this season, which is the fifth time, and first since Ton Glavine in 1999, that a reigning Cy Young Award winner's team has lost his first four starts.
With the exception of Roger Clemens, recent retirees and 300-game winners Randy Johnson (303), Tom Glavine (305), and Greg Maddux (355) have all but secured their status as first-ballot hall of famers in the coming years.
Even though Burns acknowledged and honored the feats of Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Mariano Rivera, Curt Schilling, Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson, his primary focus was to coronate Pedro Martinez as the most dominant pitcher of the era.
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