Veterans Committee

The Veterans Committee for the National Baseball Hall of Fame has announced their finalists for next year's induction class.

Under revamped rules that have now created separate Veterans Committees voting on managers/umpires, executives/pioneers and players, the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced on Thursday the finalists for this year in the first two categories: managers/umpires and executives/pioneers.

On the ballot of 10 combining umpires and managers, former standout managers Whitey Herzog, Davey Johnson, Billy Martin, Dick Williams and Gene Mauch, plus umpire Doug Harvey, top the list.

On the ballot of 10 executives/pioneers, Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, Marvin Miller, the former executive director of the Players Association, and former Dodgers and Padres executive Buzzie Bavasi, are a few of the highlights.

Is it just me, or is it odd to put managers and umpires on the same side of the ballot?

Follow this link for the bios of the managers and managers. Follow this link for the bios of the executives and the pioneers.

It might be worth it to see Whitey Herzog and Doug Harvey sharing the stage at the induction ceremony.