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.
There are a few obvious picks from the still-active or recently retired pool: players like Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux and Ken Griffey Jr.
He also talked about previous negotiations for Barry Bonds and Greg Maddux as well as the changing dynamics for evaluating sluggers and how they are being treated as prime commodities.
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.
But if the names Bob Gibson, Leon Wagner, Joe Rudi, Greg Maddux, Reggie Smith, Willie Stargell, Mike Schmidt, Kenny Lofton and lately Albert Pujols mean anything to you... well, you get the picture.
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.
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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