GORDON SOLE VETS PICK FOR HALL OF FAME

Former Yankees and Cleveland second baseman Joe Gordon is the lone Veteran Committee pick for baseball’s Hall of Fame in 2009. Gordon played 11 war-interrupted years in the majors between 1938 and 1950, batting .268 with 253 homers and 975 RBIs. He was a nine-time All-Star and played in six World Series.