Boston Red Sox legend Luis Tiant is one step closer to getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The late, great Tiant is among the seven players and one manager on the Classic Baseball Era Committee ballot,

The Hall of Fame’s Classic Baseball Era Committee considers players, managers, umpires and executives who made their greatest impact before 1980. That’s a huge swath of the sport’s history — more than a century — so simply reaching the ballot is an achievement.