Hi year later than scheduled Derek Jeter led a four member class of inductees into baseball's hall of fame in Cooperstown the fabled Yankee shortstop was joined by cardinals brewers and Braves catcher Ted Simmons expose Rockies and cardinals outfielder Larry Walker and the late Marvin Miller long time head of the Major League Baseball Players Association who made free agency possible shooters long awaited induction speech captured the doubts all four faced on their way to Cooperstown to this day I remember every time I was down there I I I made and I still make a mental note so I was and I'm going to prove doubters wrong no it's what drove me to still drive his date the four inductees were elected to the hall and twenty twenty no one was selected in this year's ballot I'm John Merriam