 look at some dates to keep in mind on the Major League Baseball calendar. On Sunday the results of the Hall of Fame Contemporary Era will be announced. The winter meetings are going to take place next week in San Diego. The Hall of Fame Class of 2023 will be announced January 24th and then the Yankees first spring training game will take place February 25th and by the World Baseball Classic that will begin March 8th. Good to have you back. Want to just get a quick follow on that that contemporary era ballot. Is there a horse in that race that somebody should keep an eye on. Well the one thing I do want to let everyone know Bob is it's tough to thread the needle of actually being the player who gets 12 votes. There are 16 committee members. You need 75% of the vote to become a Hall of Famer so that's 12. The committee members can only vote for three players. So you start to think about if a few of the committee members leave you off it's pretty hard to suddenly get to 12. A lot of traction has been building behind Fred McGriff and Greg Maddox and Chipper Jones two former Braves are on that committee. What is most interesting to me though is the fact that you have bonds McGuire and Schilling who did not make it on the writers ballot especially bonds and McGuire and McGuire's case he admitted using steroids and bonds his case the suspicion is very heavy. What happens with those players it's always been thought that with bonds and McGuire it was a writer thing and the writers kept them out. Well now John it's players it's executives and it's three media members of the 16. So if you don't get in this time it wasn't just the writer. Yeah it was one of the complaints of players always have is that players don't have a say so in the Hall of Fame selection committee. Well now there is a committee with players part of it and I'm really pulling for Fred McGriff a guy that I played with with Tampa Bay for a couple of years. His numbers look so much better after the steroid era. I know he didn't get the 500 home runs and he was still trying to play when I was wrapping up my career and I'll never forget a spring training at bat a left-handed pitcher. I called a three two slider to Fred McGriff and he struck out and he called me after the game and he said I'm going for 500 home runs. I'm trying to make this team and you call a three two slider. I'm sorry about that Freddie. I hope you get in now. I said bonds and McGuire by the way because I'm so used to attaching the two of them together it's bonds and Clemens who are on the ballot. We also should mention Don Mattingly obviously Yankee fans are pulling for him and rooting for him but I think we may see one two at the most players get that number still got to be a little nerve wracking for players waiting till Sunday knowing that again it might be tough to get in but you keep your phone lines clear on Sunday. Yeah I mean the disappointment and not getting in with the regular ballot now this comes up and you get excited again and you know to Freddie McGriff's credit I mean everybody is raving about his career and what he has done he would just love to get that call that final piece that final piece closure. All right let's get around