Hall of Famers and the others

Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken, Jr were voted in to the Baseball Hall of Fame by wide margins.

Gwynn-win situation in Hall voting

Ripken elected to Hall of Fame

Former Appleton Fox Goose Gossage did not get in, but got closer:

Gossage gains ground but not enough

For Goose Gossage, this time, disappointment is tinged with anticipation. Uncertainty makes way for inevitability. And there should be no anger, only regret.

Rich Gossage's eighth run at the Baseball Hall of Fame again fell short on Tuesday -- agonizingly short: With 71.2 percent of the ballots, according to results announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, Gossage became one of the few in 72 years of voting squeezed in that purgatory between 70 and the anointing 75 percent.
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Voting precedents are now very encouraging for Gossage, one of the game's pioneering crossover relief sensations. No candidate has come so close to nirvana without eventually joining the baseball gods, usually the ensuing year.

Most recently, Don Sutton (73.15 percent in 1997) and Gaylord Perry (72.07 in 1990) gained next-year admittance from the BBWAA sentry. Other candidates to score such near-misses late in their 15-year ballot lives (such as Orlando Cepeda with 73.63 in 1994 and Jim Bunning with 74.24 in 1988) eventually gained admission through Cooperstown's Veterans Committee.

Maybe next year this member of the Appleton Baseball Hall of Fame will be voted into Cooperstown.

How did another former Appleton Fox do?

Harold Baines -- 29 Votes (5.3%)

The rest of the BBWAA voting is available at story above. Of note:

Former Brewer Dante Bichette -- 3 votes (0.6%)
Former Mariner Jay Buhner -- 1 vote (0.2%)

Those not receiving votes this year were: Scott Brosius, Wally Joyner, Devon White, Bobby Witt.