Baseball Hall of Fame: Derek Jeter and Larry Walker elected

Derek Jeter’s passage into baseball’s Hall of Fame was as brisk and predictable as Larry Walker’s was arduous and dramatic. The final of the New York Yankees’ single-digit legends, Jeter on Tuesday simply missed changing into the second participant shipped off to Cooperstown in unanimous style, receiving 396 of 397 votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Teammate Mariano Rivera was the primary unanimous choice final yr. Walker, whose climb to the 75 % vote whole required for induction seemed not possible simply three years in the past, earned 76.6 % of the vote — getting in by 10 votes — incomes induction in his 10th and ultimate look on the poll.

Why Stephen Gostkowski Elected To Return To Patriots In Free

FOXBORO, Mass. — New England Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski has performed 13 NFL seasons. In 2018, he was the 48th oldest participant within the league. Yet, he hit free company for the primary time in his profession this offseason. “I had no idea what to expect,” Gostkowski mentioned Tuesday at Gillette Stadium. After almost a month on the open market, Gostkowski elected to return to the Patriots in early April on a two-year, $8.5 million deal. “Having a lot of time to sit back and think about what I really wanted really reassured me how much I really did want to be here,” Gostkowski mentioned. “I couldn’t have been happier that it worked out the way it did.” Gostkowski beforehand agreed to contract