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Larkin nervous about his call from the Hall of Fame

These days Larkin is on a high spirit, as he is expecting a call from the Hall of Fame. He is one of the leading candidates expected to make it to the Hall of Fame, as the results are soon to be announced. Larkin commented saying that, “This can be shot of immortality in the history of this game.” For him this is a big honor, as this means that, he will have his name written in the history of the game. To be elected to the Hall of Fame a player has to gain at least 75%.
This target seems to be possible for this twelve time All-Star and the NL MVP in 1995, and earlier in 2010 Larkin got almost 51.6 percent votes, which was good for the first time. Even in the last year, his votes went up to 62.1 percent and he fell short only by 75 votes. In his place, Roberto Alomar and Bert Blylevel were chosen. This year, his chances seem to be more than last year, as there is a lack of best newcomers this time. In his nineteen-year career, Barry Larkin has 3 Gold Gloves in his pocket and 198 home runs. He spent most of his League career playing with Cincinnati Reds.
He also has 960 RBIs, 379 stolen bases and 2,340 hits to his credit. With a good career record like this he tried to get back into the game in 2005, but he retired when the team did not agree to take him back. Even though he was confused about the retirement at that time, but now he is sure that he made the right move. Now, when he is retired, he aspires of making it to the most coveted list of baseball. He will be in another special list as well.
Out of the 206 top leaguers chosen for the Hall of Fame, only 47 players had spent their careers with one league team and there are just two players in the list, who have actually played with the Reds. If Larkin get selected then he will be the third player of Reds after Bid McPhee and Johnny Bench to make it to the Hall. After his retirement, Larkin also broadcasted for MLB network in 2009 and 2010, but then he later moved on to ESPN. His association with Reds has not ended yet, as he is the spring training instructor in the team.

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