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Maddux, Glavine, Thomas elected to Hall of Fame

Former Atlanta Braves aces will enter with ex-manager Bobby Cox

Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas follows through on a home run against the Seattle Mariners on July 30, 1994, in Chicago. The man known as the Big Hurt was one of three players elected Wednesday to baseball's Hall of Fame. - photo by John Swart, File

BC-BBO--Hall of Fame-ref3 — Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas follows through on a home run against the Seattle Mariners on July 30, 1994, in Chicago. The man known as the Big Hurt was one of three players elected Wednesday to baseball's Hall of Fame. - photo by John Swart, File

NEW YORK — Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas were elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Wednesday, while Craig Biggio fell two votes short. Maddux was picked on 555 of 571 ballots by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. His 97.2 percentage was the eighth-highest in the history of voting.

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