Ted Turner among 8 men on Baseball Hall of Fame contemporary era committee ballot

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP/Atlanta News First) — The late Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner is among eight men on the ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s contemporary era committee for managers, executives and umpires that meets on Dec. 6 at the winter meetings in San Diego.Retired managers Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Joe Maddon and Lou Piniella, former general managers Sandy Alderson and Brian Sabean, and former player, broadcaster and National League President Bill White also are on the ballot, the Hall announced Monday.The identities of the 16 voters will be announced closer to the meeting, and 75% of the vote is needed for election. Anyone chosen will be inducted into the Hall next July 25 along with players voted in by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, whose balloting will be announced on Jan. 19.Piniella received 11 votes in 2023, when Jim Leyland was elected, and 11 in 2018, when Harold Baines and Lee Smith were voted by the today’s game era committee.The Hall in