"The most celebratory thing that can happen for the followers of a major league baseball team is to have it win a World Championship.

The second most celebratory thing is to send a player to Cooperstown.

Get ready, Reds fans.

At 3 p..m. Monday, the results of the annual vote of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) will be released.

Former Reds great Barry Larkin needs 75 percent of the vote to reach Valhalla.

He got 62.1 percent last year. A 13 percent leap is a lot, but it's not unprecedented."