41.   Maybe one day a Japanese player will be voted into the Cooperstown Hall of Fame.

42.   Most likely, Sutton, Niekro or Perez has been voted into immortality, or two or all three of them.

43.   More than a quarter of a century after its creation, no designated hitter has been voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

44.   Nor can you properly celebrate being voted into the Hall of Fame.

45.   Not one player was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this week.

46.   Now, newly voted into the Hall of Fame, both talk about respect for the game.

47.   On the first ballot he was eligible, Robinson was unanimously voted into the Hall of Fame in September and will be one of six inducted today.

48.   On the day after they were voted into the Hall of Fame, both talked about respect for the game.

49.   Of course legislators voted them into law.

50.   Provided, that is, that Labor is voted into power.