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In his final year on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot, the trend line for Larry Walker’s Baseball Hall of Fame dreams looks very good.

According to hall of fame voting tracker Ryan Thibodaux, the Maple Ridge Kid has appeared on just over 87 per cent of the ballots so far revealed to the public by voters.

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“Walker is basically in as good a position as someone who needs to make a more than 20% jump can be. Voters are flipping from no to yes at a rate that would get him in the Hall if the trend continues,” Thibodaux replied in a direct message to me. “But There’s an awfully long way to go, and the voters who keep their ballots tend to be more stingy with their votes, and to change their minds on candidates less often. Walker will need a few of those private ballot voters to check his name. It’s difficult to predict if that will happen.”

Just over 100 ballots have been revealed by voters so far; according to Thibodaux, last year’s vote saw 232 ballots publicly revealed before the final tallies were announced by the hall of fame.