Bunning Criticizes Baseball Leaders

Pitcher-turned-politician Jim Bunning used his Hall of Fame podium to campaign for baseball to hire a commissioner, saying the sport must solve its problems “before the Congress of the United States gives up on you and intervenes.”

Earl Weaver playfully jibed fellow Hall member Jim Palmer, who stood when his former Baltimore manager was introduced. Weaver’s “acerbic wit” was noted on his plaque.

Ned Hanlon, a turn-of-the-century manager who also prospered in Baltimore--he even gave the team its original orange and black colors--was remembered by his grandson, Edward.

The late Bill Foster, a star pitcher in the Negro Leagues in the 1920s and 1930s, was recalled by his son, Bill Sr., who said he wished he’d had the opportunity to say, ‘Dad, you made it.’ ”