DeBartolo is Hall bound, how about baseball execs?

DeBartolo is Hall bound, how about baseball execs?

Loyalists of anyone running local baseball teams - owners, presidents, general managers -- shouldn’t hold their breath.

DeBartolo falls under the category of contributor, which includes GMs, scouts, commissioners and other owners, and this was the second year that contributors were voted on separately, an effort to prevent them from getting buried among player and coach candidates.

In baseball, executives are voted on by the eras committees - pre-integration (before 1947), golden (1947-1972) and expansion (1973 to present) - and the expansion era election is every three years and, making it even tougher for executives, includes players and managers.

Of the 16 voters, half are Hall of Famers and the rest are historians, writers and executives.

Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy were united through the Giants’ championship run, but only Bochy is considered a Hall of Fame lock.