Schuerholz unanimously elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Fifty years after ending his days as a teacher to enter the baseball world, John Schuerholz has been honored with the privilege of being immortalized alongside the game’s other legends who have received the exclusive call to Cooperstown.

Schuerholz received the message he was seeking early Sunday evening, when he was informed he and former Commissioner Bud Selig had been elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame, courtesy of the Today’s Game Era ballot. Schuerholz and Selig will speak about the honor at the Winter Meetings at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, which can be seen live on MLB Network and MLB.com.

While Selig was included on 15 of the 16 ballots cast, Schuerholz was elected unanimously, providing further indication of the impact he has made since he walked away from the teaching profession to join the hometown Orioles as a low-level member of their baseball operations department.

“This honor almost puts me in a position where I seldom am, and that is to be without words to adequately describe what this means to me,” said Schuerholz, the Braves’ current vice chairman who has long been widely considered one of the greatest general managers in baseball history.

When Schuerholz goes to Cooperstown, N.Y., to be inducted on July 30, he will become the latest Braves legend to receive this honor. His leadership and vision constructed the organization’s greatest era. Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz and Bobby Cox will all likely be there on that same stage as their leader officially becomes a member of baseball royalty.

With Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Cox and future Hall of Famer Chipper Jones serving as the cornerstone, Schuerholz guided the Braves to 14 consecutive division titles, five National League pennants and one World Series championship.

Schuerholz will also have the pleasure of sharing this honor with his good friend and fellow Hall of Famer George Brett, who was present as a young Schuerholz influenced the Royals’ growth as an expansion franchise and ultimately formed the roster that led Kansas City to a …

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